EP1468135B1 - Procede de nettoyage a sec d'articles a l'aide de dioxyde de carbone densifie - Google Patents

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EP1468135B1
EP1468135B1 EP02783848A EP02783848A EP1468135B1 EP 1468135 B1 EP1468135 B1 EP 1468135B1 EP 02783848 A EP02783848 A EP 02783848A EP 02783848 A EP02783848 A EP 02783848A EP 1468135 B1 EP1468135 B1 EP 1468135B1
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Maaike Van Roosmalen
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Jan Willem Van Ganswijk
Maarten Wichhart
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06L—DRY-CLEANING, WASHING OR BLEACHING FIBRES, FILAMENTS, THREADS, YARNS, FABRICS, FEATHERS OR MADE-UP FIBROUS GOODS; BLEACHING LEATHER OR FURS
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  • the present invention provides a method for the removal of stains from articles, especially fabric, using densified carbon dioxide. More particularly the invention is concerned with a method of dry cleaning an article comprising the successive steps of contacting the article with a fluid dry cleaning composition containing densified carbon dioxide at a temperature between -20 and 60°C and a pressure between 1 and 100 MPa, so as to allow stains to dissolve and/or to disperse into the fluid dry cleaning composition, and separating the article and the fluid dry cleaning composition, wherein the fluid dry cleaning composition contains a surfactant.
  • Densified, particularly supercritical fluid, carbon dioxide has been suggested as an alternative to halocarbon solvents used in conventional dry cleaning.
  • Densified carbon dioxide provides a nontoxic, inexpensive, recyclable and environmentally acceptable solvent to remove soils in the dry cleaning process.
  • the supercritical carbon dioxide has been shown to be effective in removing nonpolar stains such as motor oil, when combined with a viscous cleaning solvent, particularly mineral oil or petrolatum as described in U.S. 5,279,615
  • the solvent power of densified carbon dioxide is low relative to ordinary liquid solvents and the carbon dioxide solvent alone is less effective on hydrophilic stains such as grape juice, coffee and tea and on compound hydrophobic stains such as lipstick and candle wax, unless surfactants and solvent modifiers are added.
  • a cleaning system combining particular anionic or nonionic surface active agents with supercritical fluid carbon dioxide is described in DE-A 39 04 514 .
  • anionic and nonionic agents such as alkylenebenzene sulfates and sulfonates, ethoxylated alkylene phenols and ethoxylated fatty alcohols, were particularly effective when combined with a relatively large amount of water (greater than or equal to 4%).
  • US 5,676,705 describes a method of dry cleaning fabrics comprising contacting stained fabric with a dry cleaning system comprising densified carbon dioxide and 0.001 % to 10% by weight of a surfactant compound which is soluble in the densified carbon dioxide.
  • a dry cleaning system comprising densified carbon dioxide and 0.001 % to 10% by weight of a surfactant compound which is soluble in the densified carbon dioxide.
  • the examples of the US-patent disclose methods wherein the surfactants are deemed to be fully dissolved during the actual dry cleaning operation. Furthermore these surfactants are liquid under the cleaning conditions employed in these methods.
  • US 5,858,022 relates to a method for dry cleaning articles in carbon dioxide, comprising: contacting an article to be cleaned with a liquid dry cleaning composition comprising a mixture of carbon dioxide, water, surfactant and an organic co-solvent; and then separating the article from the liquid dry cleaning composition.
  • a liquid dry cleaning composition comprising a mixture of carbon dioxide, water, surfactant and an organic co-solvent.
  • the methods described in the examples utilise a cleaning composition in which the surfactants are fully dissolved during the cleaning operation.
  • US 6,200,352 describes a method of dry cleaning articles such as fabrics and clothing with the help of a liquid dry cleaning composition that comprises a mixture of carbon dioxide, a surfactant and an organic co-solvent.
  • the preferred surfactant is one that does not contain a CO 2 -philic group.
  • the dry cleaning systems using densified carbon dioxide known in the art suffer from the drawback that, although they may effectively be used to remove certain types of stains, they are incapable of effectively removing all sorts of stains including nonpolar stains (e.g. those made by a nonpolar organic component such as mineral oil, vegetable oil, sebum etc.), polar stains (e.g. grape juice, coffee and tea stains), compound hydrophobic stains (e.g. stains from lipstick and candle wax) as well as particulate soils (e.g. soils containing insoluble solid components such as silicates, carbon black etc.).
  • nonpolar stains e.g. those made by a nonpolar organic component such as mineral oil, vegetable oil, sebum etc.
  • polar stains e.g. grape juice, coffee and tea stains
  • compound hydrophobic stains e.g. stains from lipstick and candle wax
  • particulate soils e.g. soils containing insoluble solid components such as silicates, carbon black etc.
  • the present invention provides an improved dry cleaning method that utilises densified carbon dioxide and a special surfactant which method offers the advantage that it can be used to effectively remove all sorts of stains from articles such as fabrics.
  • an ionic surfactant e.g. a surfactant that contains a lipophilic alkyl residue and an amine, sulphate, phosphate and/or carboxylate residue in accordance with claim 1 produces exceptionally good cleaning results if said surfactant is employed in an amount that exceeds its maximum solubility in the densified carbon dioxide composition under the conditions employed during the cleaning operation and provided said surfactant is present during the cleaning operation in the form of undissolved solid particles. It was unexpectedly found that the resulting presence of undissolved ionic surfactant particles makes it possible to effectively remove all sorts of stains, ie. polar, nonpolar, compound stains and in particular particulate soils.
  • the exceptionally good results obtained with the present method are partly due to the ability of the ionic surfactant particles to manifest and retain an electrostatic surface charge during the washing operation, allowing these particles to capture and bind soil particles until the resulting aggregates are removed from the cleaned article together with the densified carbon dioxide composition.
  • the presence of a significant amount of undissolved ionic surfactant particles reinforces the detergent effect of the densified carbon dioxide and the dissolved ionic surfactant.
  • the present invention relates a method of dry cleaning an article comprising the successive steps of:
  • ionic surfactant refers to surfactants that are either positively charged (cationic surfactants), negatively charged (anionic surfactants) or zwitterions at the conditions applied in step a) and in accordance with the formula in claim 1.
  • cleaning refers to any removal of soil, dirt, grime, or other unwanted material, whether partial or complete.
  • the present method may be used to clean nonpolar stains, polar stains, compound hydrophobic stains and particulate soils.
  • articles that can suitably be cleaned by the method of the invention include fabrics such as woven and non-woven fabrics formed from materials such as cotton, wool, silk, leather, rayon, polyester, acetate, fiberglass, furs, etc. These fabrics may have been formed into items such as clothing, work gloves, rags, leather goods (e.g. handbags and brief cases), etc.
  • the present method may also be used to clean non-fabric articles such as semiconductors, micro electromechanical devices, opto electronics, fiber optics and machined or fabricated metal parts.
  • the undissolved surfactant is present in a solid form, especially in the form of solid particles.
  • the present method also encompasses the use of surfactants which are liquid at room temperature and atmospheric pressure, but which surfactants form solid particles prior to and/or during step a), e.g. as a result of a chemical or physical interaction with other components present in the cleaning composition.
  • surfactants which are liquid at room temperature and atmospheric pressure, but which surfactants form solid particles prior to and/or during step a), e.g. as a result of a chemical or physical interaction with other components present in the cleaning composition.
  • liquid amine surfactants may suitably be employed in the present process as they form solid particles during the cleaning operation, probably as a result of the reaction with carbon dioxide, resulting in the formation of a solid carbamate.
  • reaction products that will precipitate as solid particles include:
  • step a) In order to provide sufficient time to allow stains to dissolve and/or to disperse into the dry cleaning fluid it is preferred that the duration of step a) exceeds 1 minute, more preferably 2 minutes, and most preferably 5 minutes.
  • R 1 is a substituted or unsubstituted, linear or branched, optionally heterogeneous C 3 -C 22 alkyl, preferably C 8 -C 22 alkyl or are a substituted or unsubstituted, linear or branched, optionally heterogeneous C 3 -C 22 alkenyl, preferably C 8 -C 22 alkenyl.
  • R 1 is an unsubstituted, linear or branched C 3 -C 22 alkyl, preferably C 8 -C 22 alkyl or are an unsubstituted, linear or branched C 3 -C 22 alkenyl, preferably C 8 -C 22 alkenyl.
  • R 2 or R 2 . represents R a (X) it is preferred that the X-radical is substituted to the terminal carbon atom, i.e. the carbon atom farthest from Y or Z.
  • R 2 or R 2 . represents R a (X) 2 it is preferred that both X-radicals are substituted to the terminal carbon atom.
  • one X represents NH 2 or NH 3 + and the other X represents COOM 1 or COO - .
  • R a is a substituted or unsubstituted, linear or branched, optionally heterogeneous C 3 -C 22 alkyl, preferably C 8 -C 22 alkyl or are a substituted or unsubstituted, linear or branched, optionally heterogeneous C 3 -C 22 alkenyl, preferably C 8 -C 22 alkenyl.
  • R a is an unsubstituted, linear or branched C 3 -C 22 alkyl, preferably C 8 -C 22 alkyl or are an unsubstituted, linear or branched C 3 -C 22 alkenyl, preferably C 8 -C 22 alkenyl.
  • the liquid dry-cleaning compositions useful for carrying out the present invention typically include some water.
  • the source of the water is not critical in all applications.
  • the water may be added to the dry cleaning composition before the articles to be cleaned are deposited therein, it may be added during the cleaning operation or it can be water carried by or previously added to the garments, etc.
  • better particulate cleaning may be obtained in the absence of water added to the dry-cleaning composition.
  • the presence of a certain amount of water in a fabric will result in a certain swelling of the fabric which is believed to make the fabric more easily accessible for the dry cleaning composition.
  • the improved accessibility facilitates the removal of stains (particularly oil and fat stains) that have penetrated into the interior of the fabric.
  • the fluid dry cleaning composition contains less than 10 wt.% water. More preferably the composition contains less than 6 wt.% water. Even more preferably the water content of the dry cleaning composition is between 0.0001 and 5 wt.%, most preferably the water content is in the range of 0.03-5 wt.%.
  • the water content relates to the total water content of the composition, i.e. water that may originate from different sources (e.g. the article) as described above.
  • one or more co-solvents are employed in the fluid dry cleaning mixture.
  • co-solvents include aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons, and esters and ethers thereof, particularly mono and di-esters and ethers (e.g., EXXON ISOPAR L, ISOPAR M, ISOPAR V, EXXON EXXSOL, EXXON DF 2000, CONDEA VISTA LPA-170N, CONDEA VISTA LPA-210, cyclohexanone, and dimethyl succinate), alkyl and dialkyl carbonates (e.g., dimethyl carbonate, dibutyl carbonate, di-t-butyl dicarbonate, ethylene carbonate, and propylene carbonate), alkylene and polyalkylene glycols, and ethers and esters thereof (e.g., ethylene glycol-n-butyl ether, diethylene glycol-n-butyl ethers, propy
  • co-solvents include C 1 -C 6 alcohols (e.g., methanol, ethanol, isopropanol, n-propanol), C 1 -C 6 diols, methane, ethane, propane, butane, n-pentane, n-hexane, cyclohexane, n-heptane, ethylene, propylene, benzene, toluene, p-xylene, sulfur dioxide, chlorotrifluoromethane, trichlorofluoromethane, perfluoropropane, chlorodifluoromethane, sulfur hexafluoride and nitrous oxide.
  • the preferred co-solvent is a C 1 -C 6 alcohol or diol. More preferably the co-solvent is a C 1 -C 5 alcohol. Most preferably the co-solvent is a C 2 -C 4 alcohol.
  • the aforementioned co-solvents are advantageously employed in an amount of at least 0.1 % by weight of the dry cleaning composition, more preferably in an amount of 0.1-10 % by weight.
  • the present method is suitably carried out at around room temperature.
  • the method comprises contacting the article with the fluid dry cleaning composition at a temperature between 0 and 30°C.
  • step a) comprises contacting the article with the fluid dry cleaning composition at a pressure between 2 and 25 MPa.
  • the article to be cleaned and the fluid dry cleaning composition are combined in a closed drum.
  • the liquid dry cleaning composition is preferably provided in an amount so that the closed drum contains both a liquid phase and a vapour phase (that is, so that the drum is not completely filled with the article and the liquid composition).
  • the article is then agitated in the drum, preferably so that the article contacts both the liquid dry cleaning composition and the vapour phase, with the agitation carried out for a time sufficient to clean the article.
  • the cleaned article may subsequently be removed from the drum.
  • the article may optionally be rinsed (for example, by removing the composition from the drum, adding a rinse solution such as liquid carbon dioxide (with or without additional ingredients such as water, co-solvent, etc.) to the drum, agitating the article in the rinse solution, removing the rinse solution, and repeating as desired), after the agitating step and before it is removed from the drum.
  • a rinse solution such as liquid carbon dioxide (with or without additional ingredients such as water, co-solvent, etc.)
  • the dry cleaning, compositions and the rinse solutions may be removed by any suitable means, including both draining, and venting.
  • the present method comprises a rinsing step wherein the original dry cleaning composition is replaced by a composition containing densified carbon dioxide, and optionally other components, but no undissolved ionic surfactant.
  • the latter composition may be used advantageously to remove any remaining undissolved surfactant.
  • the rinsing operation with densified carbon dioxide may suitably be repeated several times.
  • the densified carbon dioxide used in the rinsing operation contains a co-solvent as defined herein before and/or water, as such a co-solvent may facilitate the dissolving of the undissolved ionic surfactant and the water may enhance the removal of non-particulate soils.
  • any suitable cleaning, apparatus may be employed, including both horizontal drum and vertical drum apparatus.
  • the agitating step is carried out by simply rotating the drum.
  • the drum is a vertical drum it typically has an agitator positioned therein, and the agitating step is carried out by moving, (e.g., rotating, or oscillating) the agitator within the drum.
  • a vapour phase may be provided by imparting sufficient shear forces within the drum to produce cavitation in the liquid dry-cleaning composition.
  • agitation may be imparted by means of jet agitation as described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,467,492 to Chao et al.
  • the fluid dry cleaning, composition is preferably an ambient temperature composition, and the agitating step is preferably carried out at ambient temperature, without the need for associating a heating, element with the cleaning apparatus.
  • the experiment is carried out in a vessel of 25 litres with a rotating drum of 10 litres.
  • the vessel has two viewing glasses to monitor the behaviour of the fluid.
  • the rotating drum is alternately rotated clockwise for 30 seconds and counter clockwise for 30 seconds both at a speed of 75 cycles per minute.
  • the dry-cleaning fluid is circulated over the vessel using a centrifugal pump.
  • the piping from the vessel towards the pump contains a filter, while the piping from the pump towards the vessel contains a heat exchanger to control the temperature of the whole system.
  • the equipment contains a mass flow meter, a temperature indicator and a pressure indicator.
  • test fabrics were attached to an additional load of 400 grams of white cotton fabrics.
  • the stained test fabrics were analysed before and after the cleaning cycle to determine the coloration change of the fabrics.
  • the values were expressed in Lab values.
  • the cleaning is started by filling the vessel at ambient conditions with the additional load and the attached stained test fabrics. Subsequently a cleaning fluid comprising of 250 grams of iso-propanol, 25 grams water and 39 grams of dissolved dodecylamine, was added to the fabric load.
  • the vessel was closed and pressurised with 6 kg of liquid carbon dioxide from a storage tank. The system reached a pressure of 48 bars and a temperature of 12 °C. Through the viewing glasses it was observed that a large amount of small particles is formed. The particles were collected and analysed. It was found that the material in the particles displayed a melting point that was about 20°C higher than the melting point of dodecylamine.
  • the rotating drum was started and the fabric is cleaned for 30 minutes. After the cleaning the vessel was rinsed with 12 kg of fresh carbon dioxide from the storage vessel for 10 minutes, while keeping the system at 48 bars. Subsequently the vessel was depressurised after which it was opened, the cleaned fabrics were taken out and the colour differences were measured. The CPI lab values obtained are shown in the table below.
  • Example 1 was repeated except that the cleaning fluid was composed of 250 grams iso-propanol, 25 grams water and 40 grams of dioctylamine.
  • the vessel was closed and pressurised with 6 kg of liquid carbon dioxide from a storage tank. The system reached a pressure of 48 bars and a temperature of 12 °C. Through the viewing glass it was observed that a large amount of small particles was formed. After the cleaning, the vessel was rinsed and depressurised as described in example 1. The CPI lab values found for each of the test fabrics are shown in the table below.
  • Example 1 was repeated except that this time 50 grams of solid sodium stearate and 25 grams of water were put in the cleaning vessel.
  • the vessel was closed and pressurised with 4 kg of liquid carbon dioxide from a storage tank. The system reached a pressure of 46 bars and a temperature of 10 °C. Through the viewing glass it was observed that a large amount of sodium stearate did not dissolve in the carbon dioxide.
  • the vessel was rinsed and depressurised as described in example 1.
  • the CPI lab values found for each of the test fabrics are shown in the table below.
  • Example 1 was repeated except that this time 10 grams of solid sodium dodecyl sulfate and 25 grams of water were put in the cleaning vessel.
  • the vessel was closed and pressurised with 6 kg of liquid carbon dioxide from a storage tank. The system reached a pressure of 46 bars and a temperature of 11 °C. Through the viewing glass it was observed that a large amount of sodium dodecyl sulfate did not dissolve in the carbon dioxide.
  • the vessel was rinsed and depressurised as described in example 1.
  • the CPI lab values found for each of the test fabrics are shown in the table below.
  • Example 5 (reference example, not according to the invention)
  • Example 1 was repeated except that the cleaning fluid was composed of 250 grams of iso-propanol, 25 grams water and 1 gram of tribenzylamine.
  • the vessel was closed and pressurised with 6 kg of liquid carbon dioxide from a storage tank. The system reached a pressure of 45 bars and a temperature of 10 °C. Through the viewing glass it was observed that a large amount of small particles was formed.
  • the vessel was rinsed and depressurised as described in example 1.
  • the CPI lab values found for each of the test fabrics are shown in the table below.
  • Example 1 was repeated except that the cleaning fluid was composed of 255 grams of iso-propanol, 25 grams water and 1 gram of octadecylamine.
  • the vessel was closed and pressurised with 6 kg of liquid carbon dioxide from a storage tank. The system reached a pressure of 48 bars and a temperature of 12 °C. Through the viewing glass it was observed that small particles were formed.
  • the vessel was rinsed and depressurised as described in example 1.
  • the CPI lab values found for each of the test fabrics are shown in the table below.
  • Example 6 was repeated except that the cleaning fluid was composed of 251 grams of iso-propanol, 25 grams water and 5 grams of octadecylamine.
  • the vessel was closed and pressurised with 6 kg of liquid carbon dioxide from a storage tank. The system reached a pressure of 46 bars and a temperature of 11 °C. Through the viewing glass it was observed that small particles were formed. After the cleaning, the vessel was rinsed and depressurised as described in example 1. The CPI lab values found for each of the test fabrics are shown in the table below.
  • Example 6 was repeated except that the cleaning fluid was composed of 250 grams of iso-propanol, 25 grams water and 10 grams of octadecylamine.
  • the vessel was closed and pressurised with 6 kg of liquid carbon dioxide from a storage tank. The system reached a pressure of 48 bars and a temperature of 12 °C. Through the viewing glass it was observed that a substantial amount of small particles was formed.
  • the vessel was rinsed and depressurised as described in example 1.
  • the CPI lab values found for each of the test fabrics are shown in the table below.
  • Example 6 was repeated except that the cleaning fluid was composed of 250 grams of iso-propanol, 30 grams water and 40 grams of octadecylamine.
  • the vessel was closed and pressurised with 6 kg of liquid carbon dioxide from a storage tank. The system reached a pressure of 46 bars and a temperature of 11 °C. Through the viewing glass it was observed that a large amount of small particles was formed.
  • the vessel was rinsed and depressurised as described in example 1.
  • the CPI lab values found for each of the test fabrics are shown in the table below.
  • Example 1 was repeated except that the cleaning fluid was composed of 250 grams of iso-propanol and 10 grams ofN-Lauroyl-L-lysine.
  • the vessel was closed and pressurised with 6 kg of liquid carbon dioxide from a storage tank. The system reached a pressure of 57 bars and a temperature of 20 °C. Through the viewing glass it was observed that a large amount of small particles was formed.
  • the vessel was rinsed and depressurised as described in Example 1.
  • the CPI lab values found for each of the test fabrics are shown in the table below.
  • Example 1 was repeated except that the cleaning fluid was composed of 250 grams of iso-propanol and 5 grams ofN-Lauroyl-L-lysine.
  • the vessel was closed and pressurised with 6 kg of liquid carbon dioxide from a storage tank. The system reached a pressure of 52 bars and a temperature of 16 °C. Through the viewing glass it was observed that a large amount of small particles was formed.
  • the vessel was rinsed with pure carbon dioxide and depressurised as described in Example 1.
  • a rinsing fluid comprising of 250 grams of iso-propanol and 25 grams water was added to the fabric load.
  • the vessel was closed and pressurised with 6 kg of liquid carbon dioxide from a storage tank. The rotating drum was started and the fabric was rinsed for 30 minutes. After this rinsing step, the vessel was rinsed again with pure carbon dioxide and depressurised as described in Example 1.
  • Example 1 was repeated except that no cleaning liquid was put in the vessel.
  • the vessel was closed and pressured with 12 kg of liquid carbon dioxide from a storage tank. The system reached a pressure of 45 bars and a temperature of 10 °C. After the cleaning, the vessel was rinsed and depressurised as described in example 1.
  • the CPI lab values found for each of the test fabrics are shown in the table below.
  • the above results show that the addition of an ionic surfactant dramatically improves the cleaning performance.
  • the examples 1, 2, 3, 4, 9,10 and 11 illustrate that the benefits of the present invention may be obtained with different types of ionic surfactants, even though the improved cleaning performance may manifest itself in different ways.
  • the results also shown that the amines are particularly effective.
  • the examples 6, 7, 8 and 9 show that an increase of the concentration of the surfactant increases the cleaning performance of the washing cycle. This is a surprising finding since the applied amount of dissolved surfactant is the same in all these samples. All examples show that especially the removal of particulate soils is improved dramatically.

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  1. Procédé pour le nettoyage à sec d'un article, en particulier d'un tissu, comprenant les étapes de :
    a) mettre en contact l'article avec une composition fluidique de nettoyage à sec contenant du dioxyde de carbone densifié à une température comprise entre -20° et 60°C et à une pression comprise entre 1 et 100 MPa, de façon à permettre aux taches de se dissoudre et/ou de se disperser dans la composition fluidique de nettoyage à sec et
    b) séparer l'article de la composition fluidique de nettoyage à sec ;
    dans lequel la composition fluidique de nettoyage à sec comprend un tensioactif ionique en concentration comprise entre 0,01 et 15 % en poids de dioxyde de carbone et dans lequel pendant l'étape a) au moins 10%, de préférence 30%, de ce tensioactif ionique est présent sous une forme solide non dissoute; ce tensioactif ionique étant représenté par la formule R1X, XR1X ou R2YR2', dans laquelle :
    R1 est un alkyle C1-C22 substitué ou non substitué, linéaire ou ramifié, optionnellement hétérogène ; un cycloalkyle C3-C16 substitué ou non substitué, éventuellement hétérogène ; un alcényle C1-C22 substitué ou non substitué, linéaire ou ramifié, éventuellement hétérogène ; ou un aryle substitué ou non substitué, éventuellement hétérogène ;
    R2 et R2' étant de façon indépendante R1,X,RaX Ou Ra(X)2.
    Ra étant un alkyle C1-C22 substitué ou non substitué, linéaire ou ramifié, éventuellement hétérogène ; un cycloalkyle C3-C16, substitué ou non substitué, éventuellement hétérogène ; un alcényl C1-C22 substitué ou non substitué, linéaire ou ramifié, éventuellement hétérogène ; ou un aryle substitué ou non substitué, éventuellement hétérogène ;
    et dans laquelle
    X est NH2, NH3 +, COOM1, COO-, OP (O) (OM1) (OM2) OS (O)2(OM1) ;
    Y est NH ; et
    M1 et M2 représentant de façon indépendante le sodium, le potassium, l'ammonium ou l'hydrogène.
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel la durée de l'étape a) dépasse une minute, de préférence deux minutes.
  3. Procédé selon la revendication 1 ou 2 dans lequel le procédé comporte une étape de rinçage dans laquelle la composition fluidique de nettoyage à sec est remplacée par une composition de rinçage contenant du dioxyde de carbone densifié, mais pas de tensioactif ionique non dissous.
  4. Procédé selon la revendication 3 dans lequel la composition de rinçage contient un co-solvant et/ou de l'eau
  5. Procédé selon la revendication 1 dans lequel X est NH2 et/ou COOM1 et Y est NH.
  6. Procédé selon la revendication 1 dans lequel R1 et Ra indépendamment l'un de l'autre sont un alkyle C3-C22, substitué ou non substitué, linéaire ou ramifié, éventuellement hétérogène ou sont un alcényl C3-C22, substitué ou non substitué, linéaire ou ramifié, éventuellement hétérogène.
  7. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 6 dans lequel la composition fluidique de nettoyage à sec contient entre 0,0001 et 5% d'eau en poids.
  8. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 7 dans lequel la composition fluidique de nettoyage à sec contient un co-solvant choisi dans le groupe des hydrocarbures aliphatiques et aromatiques, de leurs esters et éthers, des carbonates d'alkyle et de dialkyle, des glycols d'alkylène et de polyalkylène, de leurs esters et éthers, des lactones, des alcools et diols, des polydiméthylsiloxanes, et de leurs combinaisons.
  9. Procédé selon l'une quelconques des revendications 1 à 8 dans lequel l'étape a) comprend la mise en contact de l'article avec la composition fluidique de nettoyage à sec à une température comprise entre 0 et 30°C.
  10. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 9 dans lequel l'étape a) comprend la mise en contact de l'article avec la composition fluidique de nettoyage à sec à une pression comprise entre 2 et 25 Mpa.
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