Processes for the control of slime-forming and other microorganisms and compositionsfor use therefor

Claim 1

A PROCESS OF INHIBITING MICROBIOLOGICAL DETERIORATION OF AN ORGANIC CELLULOSIC SUBSTANCE THAT IS SUSCEPTIBLE TO DETERIORATION BY THE ACTION OF MICROORGANISMS AND INHIBITING THE FORMATION IF SLIME IN AQUEOUS FLUIDS THAT ARE IN CONTACT WITH SUCH SUBSTANCE , WHICH COMPRISES ADDING TO THE SAID AQUEOUS FLUID A WATER-SOLUBLE SALT OF CYANODITHIOIMIDOCARBONIC ACID TOGETHER WITH A LOWER DIAMINOOLKANE HAVING NOT MORE THAN SIX CARBON ATOMS IN WHICH THE AMINO SUBSTITUENT RADICALS ARE ON ADJACENT CARBON ATOMS IN PROPORTIONS WITHIN THE RANGE OF APPROXUMATELY 0.25 TO APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MOLES OF THE DIAMINOALKANE TO EACH MOLE OF THE CYANODITHIOIMIDOCARBONATE IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO PREVENT MICROBIOLOGICAL DETERIORATION OF THE ORGANIC SUBSTANCE AND INHIBIT THE FORMATION OF SLIME IN THE AQUEOUS FLUID.