CA2431568A1 - Grease cutting light duty liquid detergent - Google Patents

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CA2431568A1
CA2431568A1 CA002431568A CA2431568A CA2431568A1 CA 2431568 A1 CA2431568 A1 CA 2431568A1 CA 002431568 A CA002431568 A CA 002431568A CA 2431568 A CA2431568 A CA 2431568A CA 2431568 A1 CA2431568 A1 CA 2431568A1
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Abstract

A light duty, liquid comprising: at least one linear alkyl benzene sulfonate, an alkyl polyglucoside surfactant, an ethoxylated alkyl ether sulfate surfactant, a fatty acid monoalkanol amide, an inorganic magnesium salt, lauryol ethylenediaminetriacetate, and water.

Description

GREASE CUTTING LIGHT DUTY LIQUID DETERGENT
Field of the Invention The present invention relates to novel light duty liquid detergent compositions with high foaming and good grease cutting properties.
Backaround of the Invention The prior art is replete with light duty liquid detergent compositions containing nonionic surfactants in combination with anionic andlor betaine surfactants wherein the nonionic detergent is not the major active surfactant. In U.S. Patent No.
3,658,985 an anionic based shampoo contains a minor amount of a fatty acid alkanolamide.
U.S.
Patent No. 3,769,398 discloses a betaine-based shampoo containing minor amounts of nonionic surfactants. This patent states that the low foaming properties of nonionic detergents renders its use in shampoo compositions non-preferred. U.S. Patent No.
4,329,335 also discloses a shampoo containing a betaine surfactant as the major ingredient and minor amounts of a nonionic surfactant and of a fatty acid mono-or di-ethanolamide. U.S. Patent No. 4,259,204 discloses a shampoo comprising 0.8 to 20%
by weight of an anionic phosphoric acid ester and one additional surfactant which may be either anionic, amphoteric, or nonionic. U.S. Patent No. 4,329,334 discloses an anionic-amphoteric based shampoo containing a major amount of anionic surfactant and lesser amounts of a betaine and nonionic surfactants.
U.S. Patent No. 3,935,129 discloses a liquid cleaning composition containing an alkali metal silicate, urea, glycerin, triethanolamine, an anionic detergent and a nonionic detergent. The silicate content determines the amount of anionic andlor nonionic detergent in the liquid cleaning composition. However, the foaming properties of these detergent compositions are not discussed therein.
U.S. Patent No. 4,129,515 discloses a heavy duty liquid detergent for laundering fabrics comprising a mixture of substantially equal amounts of anionic and nonionic surfactants, alkanolamines and magnesium salts, and, optionally, zwitterionic surfactants as suds modifiers.
U.S. Patent No. 4,224,195 discloses an aqueous detergent composition for laundering socks or stockings comprising a specific group of nonionic detergents, namely, an ethylene oxide of a secondary alcohol, a specific group of anionic detergents, namely, a sulfuric ester salt of an ethylene oxide adduct of a secondary alcohol, and an amphoteric surfactant which may be a betaine, wherein either the anionic or nonionic surfactant may be the major ingredient.
The prior art also discloses detergent compositions containing all nonionic surfactants as shown in U.S. Patent Nos. 4,154,706 and 4,329,336 wherein the shampoo compositions contain a plurality of particular nonionic surfactants in order to affect desirable foaming and detersive properties despite the fact that nonionic surfactants are usually deficient in such properties.
U.S. Patent No. 4,013,737 discloses a piperazine based polymer in conditioning and shampoo compositions which may contain all nonionic surfactant or all anionic surfactant.
U.S. Patent No. 4,450,091 discloses high viscosity shampoo compositions containing a blend of an amphoteric betaine surfactant, a polyoxybutylenepolyoxyethylene nonionic detergent, an anionic surfactant, a fatty acid alkanolamide and a polyoxyalkylene glycol fatty ester. But, none of the exemplified compositions contain an active ingredient mixture wherein the nonionic detergent is present in major proportion which is probably due to the low foaming properties of the polyoxybutylene polyoxyethylene nonionic detergent.
U.S. Patent No. 4,595,526 describes a composition comprising a nonionic surfactant, a betaine surfactant, an anionic surfactant and a C12-C14 fatty acid monoethanolamide foam stabilizer.

Summary of the Invention It has now been found that a high foaming liquid detergent properties can be formulated with a paraffin sulfonate, an alpha olefin sulfonate, an amine oxide, lauryol ethylene diaminetriacetate and water.
The present invention also relates to a formula containing an alkyl polyglucoside surfactant, an ethoxylated alkyl ether sulfate surfactant, at least one linear alkyl benzene sulfonate surfactant, an inorganic magnesium salt, optionally, optionally, triclosan, a fatty acid monoalkanol amide, lauryol ethylene diamine triacetate and water.
Accordingly, one object of this invention is to provide novel, high foaming, light duty liquid detergent compositions containing an alpha olefin sulfonate surfactant and lauryol ethylene diamine triacetate which has both good grease cutting and excellent disinfecting properties on hard surfaces.
To achieve the foregoing and other objects and in accordance with the purpose of the present invention, as embodied and broadly described herein the novel, high foaming, light duty liquid detergent of this invention comprises an alpha olefin sulfonate, a paraffin sulfonate, an amine oxide, lauryol ethylene diamine triacetate and water, wherein the composition does not contain an alkali metal salt of ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid or hydroxy ethylene diamine tetra acetic acid, a glycol ether solvent, a mono- or di-saccharides, a polyoxyalkylene glycol fatty acid, a builder, a polymeric thickener, a clay, a fatty acid alkanolamide, abrasive, silicas, alkaline earth metal carbonates, alkyl glycine surfactant or cyclic imidinium surfactant.
To also achieve the foregoing and other objects and in accordance with the purpose of the present invention, as embodied and broadly described herein the novel, high foaming, light duty liquid detergent of this invention comprises a linear alkyl benzene sulfonate, an ethoxylated alkyl ether sulfate, an alkyl polyglucoside, an inorganic magnesium compound, lauryol ethylene diamine triacetate and water, wherein the composition does not contain an alkali metal salt of ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid or hydroxy ethylene diamine tetra acetic acid, a glycol ether solvent, a mono- or di-saccharides, a polyoxyalkylene glycol fatty acid, a builder, a polymeric thickener, a clay, a fatty acid alkanolamide, abrasive, silicas, alkaline earth metal carbonates, alkyl glycine surfactant or cyclic imidinium surfactant.
Detailed Description of the Invention The present invention relates to a light duty liquid detergent which comprises approximately by weight:
(a) 10% to 30% of an alpha olefin sulfonate surfactant;
(b) 4% to 16% of a paraffin sulfonate surfactant;
(c) 4% to 12% of an amine oxide;
(d) 0.5% to 10% more preferably 0.75% to 8% of lauryol ethylene diamine triacetate; and (e) the balance being water wherein the composition does not contain a glycol ether solvent, an ethoxylated nonionic surfactant, a polyoxyalkylene glycol fatty acid, a mono- or di-saccharides, a builder, a polymeric thickener, a clay, ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid, alkali metal salt, hydroxyethylene diamine tetra acetic acid, abrasive, silicas, alkaline earth metal carbonates, alkyl glycine surfactant or cyclic imidinium surfactant.
The present invention also relates to a light duty liquid cleaning composition which comprises approximately by weight:
(a) 4% to 16%, more preferably 5% to 14% of at least one linear alkyl benzene sulfonate surfactant;
(b) 1 % to 20%, more preferably 3% to 18% of an ethoxylated alkyl ether sulfate surfactant;
(c) 0.1 % to 6%, more preferably 0.5% to 5% of an alkyl polyglucoside surfactant;
(d) 0.1 % to 2.5% of an inorganic magnesium salt;
(e) 0 to 8%, more preferably 0.1 % to 6% of a solubilizing agent;

(f) 0 to 1 %, more preferably 0.1 % to 1 % of triclosan which is 2,4,4'-trichloro-2'-hydroxy diphenyl ether;
(g) 0.25% to 6%, more preferably 0.5% to 4% of a C12-C14 fatty acid monoalkanol amide;
(h) 0.5% to 10%, more preferably 0.75% to 8% of lauryol ethylene diamine triacetate; and (i) the balance being water wherein the composition does not contain a glycol ether solvent, an ethoxylated nonionic surfactant, a polyoxyalkylene glycol fatty acid, a mono- or di-saccharides, a builder, a polymeric thickener, a clay, an alkali metal salt of ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid, hydroxyethylene diamine tetra acetic acid, abrasive, silicas, alkaline earth metal carbonates, alkyl glycine surfactant or cyclic imidinium surfactant.
The C10-C20 paraffin sulfonates used in one of the instant formulas is a monosulfonates or di-sulfonates and usually are mixtures thereof, obtained by sulfonating paraffins of 10 to 20 carbon atoms. Preferred paraffin sulfonates are those of C12-18 carbon atoms chains, and more preferably they are of C14-17 chains.
Paraffin sulfonates that have the sulfonate groups) distributed along the paraffin chain are described in U.S. Patents 2,503,280; 2,507,088; 3,260,744 and 3,372,188 and also in German Patent 735,096. Such compounds may be made to specifications and desirably the content of paraffin sulfonates outside the C14-17 range will be minor and will be minimized, as will be any contents of di- or poly-sulfonates.
One of the formulas of the present invention also contains 10 wt. % to 30 wt.
%, more preferably 15 wt. % to 25 wt. % of an alpha olefin sulfonates, including long-chain alkene sulfonates, long-chain hydroxyalkane sulfonates or mixtures of alkene sulfonates and hydroxyalkane sulfonates. These alpha olefin sulfonate surfactants may be prepared in a known manner by the reaction of sulfur trioxide (S03) with long-chain olefins containing 8 to 25, preferably 12 to 21 carbon atoms and having the formula RCH=CHR1 where R is a higher alkyl group of 6 to 23 carbons and R1 is an alkyl group of 1 to 17 carbons or hydrogen to form a mixture of sultones and alkene sulfonic acids which is then treated to convert the sultones to sulfonates.
Preferred alpha olefin sulfonates contain from 14 to 16 carbon atoms in the R alkyl group and are obtained by sulfonating an a-olefin.
The well known higher alkyl mononuclear aromatic sulfonates such as the higher linear alkyl benzene sulfonates contain from 10 to 16 carbon atoms in the higher alkyl group in a straight or branched chain, Cg-C15 alkyl toluene sulfonates and Cg-alkyl phenol sulfonates are used in one of the instant formulas.
A preferred sulonate is linear alkyl benzene sulfonate having a high content of 3-(or higher) phenyl isomers and a correspondingly low content (well below 50%) of 2- (or lower) phenyl isomers, that is, wherein the benzene ring is preferably attached in large part at the 3 or higher (for example, 4, 5, 6 or 7) position of the alkyl group and the content of the isomers in which the benzene ring is attached in the 2 or 1 position is correspondingly low. Particularly preferred materials sodium or magnesium salts of a C10-C16 linear alkyl benzene sulfonate.
Examples of satisfactory anionic sulfate surfactants are the Cg-C1g alkyl sulfate salts and the ethoxylated Cg-C1 g alkyl ether sulfate salts having the formula R(OC2H4)n OSOgM wherein n is 1 to 12, preferably 1 to 5, and M is a metal cation selected from the group consisting of sodium, potassium, ammonium, magnesium and mono-, di- and triethanol ammonium ions. The alkyl sulfates may be obtained by sulfating the alcohols obtained by reducing glycerides of coconut oil or tallow or mixtures thereof and neutralizing the resultant product.
On the other hand, the ethoxylated alkyl ether sulfates are obtained by sulfating the condensation product of ethylene oxide with a Cg-C1 g alkanol and neutralizing the resultant product. The alkyl sulfates may be obtained by sulfating the alcohols obtained by reducing glycerides of coconut oil or tallow or mixtures thereof and neutralizing the resultant product. The ethoxylated alkyl ether sulfates differ from one another in the number of moles of ethylene oxide reacted with one mole of alkanol.

Preferred alkyl sulfates and preferred ethoxylated alkyl ether sulfates contain 10 to 16 carbon atoms in the alkyl group.
The ethoxylated Cg-C12 alkylphenyl ether sulfates containing from 2 to 6 moles of ethylene oxide in the molecule also are suitable for use in the inventive compositions. These surfactants can be prepared by reacting an alkyl phenol with 2 to 6 moles of ethylene oxide and sulfating and neutralizing the resultant ethoxylated alkylphenol.
The alkyl polysaccharides surfactants, which are used in conjunction with the aforementioned surfactant have a hydrophobic group containing from about 8 to about 20 carbon atoms, preferably from about 10 to about 16 carbon atoms, most preferably from about 12 to about 14 carbon atoms, and polysaccharide hydrophilic group containing from about 1.5 to about 10, preferably from about 1.5 to about 4, most preferably from about 1.6 to about 2.7 saccharide units (e.g., galactoside, glucoside, fructoside, glucosyl, fructosyl; and/or galactosyl units). Mixtures of saccharide moieties may be used in the alkyl polysaccharide surfactants. The number x indicates the number of saccharide units in a particular alkyl polysaccharide surfactant.
For a particular alkyl polysaccharide molecule x can only assume integral values. In any physical sample of alkyl polysaccharide surfactants there will be in general molecules having different x values. The physical sample can be characterized by the average value of x and this average value can assume non-integral values. In this specification the values of x are to be understood to be average values. The hydrophobic group (R) can be attached at the 2-, 3-, or 4- positions rather than at the 1-position, (thus giving e.g. a glucosyl or galactosyl as opposed to a glucoside or galactoside).
However, attachment through the 1- position, i.e., glucosides, galactoside, fructosides, efic., is preferred. In the preferred product the additional saccharide units are predominately attached to the previous saccharide unit's 2-position. Attachment through the 3-, 4-, and 6- positions can also occur. Optionally and less desirably there can be a polyalkoxide chain joining the hydrophobic moiety (R) and the polysaccharide chain.
The preferred alkoxide moiety is ethoxide.
Typical hydrophobic groups include alkyl groups, either saturated or unsaturated, branched or unbranched containing from about 8 to about 20, preferably from about 10 to about 18 carbon atoms. Preferably, the alkyl group is a straight chain saturated alkyl group. The alkyl group can contain up to 3 hydroxy groups and/or the polyalkoxide chain can contain up to about 30, preferably less than about 10, alkoxide moieties.
Suitable alkyl polysaccharides are decyl, dodecyl, tetradecyl, pentadecyl, hexadecyl, and octadecyl, di-, tri-, tetra-, penta-, and hexaglucosides, galactosides, lactosides, fructosides, fructosyls, lactosyls, glucosyls and/or galactosyls and mixtures thereof.
The alkyl monosaccharides are relatively less soluble in water than the higher alkyl polysaccharides. When used in admixture with alkyl polysaccharides, the alkyl monosaccharides are solubilized to some extent. The use of alkyl monosaccharides in admixture with alkyl polysaccharides is a preferred mode of carrying out the invention.
Suitable mixtures include coconut alkyl, di-, tri-, tetra-, and pentaglucosides and tallow alkyl tetra-, penta-, and hexaglucosides.
The preferred alkyl polysaccharides are alkyl polyglucosides having the formula R20(CnH2n0)r(Z)x wherein Z is derived from glucose, R is a hydrophobic group selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkylphenyl, hydroxyalkylphenyl, and mixtures thereof in which said alkyl groups contain from about 10 to about 18, preferably from about 12 to about 14 carbon atoms; n is 2 or 3 preferably 2, r is from 0 to 10, preferable 0; and x is from 1.5 to 8, preferably from 1.5 to 4, most preferably from 1.6 to 2.7. To prepare these compounds a long chain alcohol (R20H) can be reacted with glucose, in the presence of an acid catalyst to form the desired glucoside. Alternatively the alkyl polyglucosides can be prepared by a two step procedure in which a short chain alcohol (R1 OH) can be reacted with glucose, in the presence of an acid catalyst to form the desired glucoside.
Alternatively the alkyl polyglucosides can be prepared by a two step procedure in which a short chain alcohol (C1 _g) is reacted with glucose or a polyglucoside (x=2 to 4) to yield a short chain alkyl glucoside (x=1 to 4) which can in turn be reacted with a longer chain alcohol (R20H) to displace the short chain alcohol and obtain the desired alkyl polyglucoside. It this two step procedure is used, the short chain alkylglucosde content of the final alkyl polyglucoside material should be less than 50%, preferably less than 10%, more preferably less than about 5%, most preferably 0% of the alkyl polyglucoside.
The amount of unreacted alcohol (the free fatty alcohol content) in the desired alkyl polysaccharide surfactant is preferably less than about 2%, more preferably less than about 0.5% by weight of the total of the alkyl polysaccharide. For some uses it is desirable to have the alkyl monosaccharide content less than about 10%.
The used herein, "alkyl polysaccharide surfactant" is intended to represent both the preferred glucose and galactose derived surfactants and the less preferred alkyl polysaccharide surfactants. Throughout this specification, "alkyl polygiucoside" is used to include alkyl polyglycosides because the stereochemistry of the saccharide moiety is changed during the preparation reaction.
An especially preferred APG glycoside surfactant is APG 625 glycoside manufactured by the Henkel Corporation of Ambler, PA. APG25 is a nonionic alkyl polyglycoside characterized by the formula:
CnH2n+10(C6H 10~5)xH
wherein n=10 (2%); n=122 (65%); n=14 (21-28%); n=16 (4-8%) and n=18 (0.5%) and x (degree of polymerization) = 1.6. APG 625 has: a pH of 6 to 10 (10% of APG 625 in distilled water); a specific gravity at 25°C of 1.1 g/ml; a density at 25°C of 9.1 Ibs/gallon;
a calculated HLB of 12.1 and a Brookfield viscosity at 35°C, 21 spindle, 5-10 RPM of 3,000 to 7,000 cps.

Amine oxide semi-polar nonionic surfactants used in one of the instant compositions comprise at a concentration of 4 wt. % to 12 wt. %, more preferably 6 wt.
to 10 wt. % compounds and mixtures of compounds having the formula ~2 R1 ~C2H40)n ~y-~' 0 wherein R1 is an alkyl, 2-hydroxyalkyl, 3-hydroxyalkyl, or 3-alkoxy-2-hydroxypropyl radical in which the alkyl and alkoxy, respectively, contain from 8 to 18 carbon atoms, R2 and R3 are each methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, 2-hydroxyethyl, 2-hydroxypropyl, or 3-hydroxypropyl, and n is from 0 to 10. Particularly preferred are amine oxides of the formula:
~2 R1 _ ~ -~0 wherein R1 is a C12-16 alkyl, or cocoamidopropyl group and R2 and R3 are methyl or ethyl. The above ethylene oxide condensates, amides, and amine oxides are more fully described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,316,824 which is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
Preferred amine oxides are lauryol amine oxide and cocoamido propyl amine oxide.
The concentration of the amine oxide in the instant compositions is 3 to 12 wt. %, more preferably 4 to 10 wt. %.
The instant compositions can contain a solubilizing agent at a concentration of 0 to 15 wt. %, more preferably 0.25 wt. % to 8 wt. %. The solubilzing agent is selected from the group consisting of C1-Cq. alkanols such as ethanols, alkylene glycols such as hexylene glycol, alkali metal halides such as sodium chloride and sodium salts of C1-C3 alkyl substituted benzene sulfonates such as cumene sulfonate or xylene sulfonate and mixtures thereof. The composition can also contain 0.1 wt. % to 4 wt. % of urea.

The composition can also contain an inorganic or organic salt of oxide or sulfate of a multivalent metal cation, particularly Mg++. The metal salt or oxide provides several benefits including improved cleaning performance in dilute usage, particularly in soft water areas, and minimized amounts of perfume required to obtain the microemulsion state. Magnesium sulfate, either anhydrous or hydrated (e.g.
heptahydrate) is especially preferred as the magnesium salt. Good results also have been obtained with magnesium oxide, magnesium chloride, magnesium acetate, magnesium propionate and magnesium hydroxide. These magnesium salts can be used with formulations at neutral or acidic pH since magnesium hydroxide will not precipitate at these pH levels.
The water is present at a concentration of 50 wt. % to 90 wt. %.
In addition to the previously mentioned essential and optional constituents of the light duty liquid detergent, one may also employ normal and conventional adjuvants, provided they do not adversely affect the properties of the detergent. Thus, there may be used various proton donating agents such as coloring agents and perfumes;
polyethylene glycol, ultraviolet light absorbers such as the Uvinuls, which are products of GAF Corporation; sequestering agents such as ethylene diamine tetraacetates;
magnesium chloride hexahydrate; pH modifiers; etc. The proportion of such adjuvant materials, in total will normally not exceed 15% by weight of the detergent composition, and the percentages of most of such individual components will be a maximum of 5%
by weight and preferably less than 2% by weight. Sodium formate or formalin or Quaternium15 (Dowcil75) can be included in the formula as a preservative at a concentration of 0.1 to 4.0 wt. %.
The present light duty liquid detergents such as dishwashing liquids are readily made by simple mixing methods from readily available components which, on storage, do not adversely affect the entire composition. Solubilizing agent such as ethanol, hexylene glycol, sodium chloride and/or sodium xylene or sodium xylene sulfonate are used to assist in solubilizing the surfactants. The viscosity of the light duty liquid composition desirably will be at least 100 centipoises (cps) at room temperature, but may be up to 1,000 centipoises as measured with a Brookfield Viscometer using a number 21 spindle rotating at 20 rpm. The viscosity of the light duty liquid composition may approximate those of commercially acceptable light duty liquid compositions now on the market. The viscosity of the light duty liquid composition and the light duty liquid composition itself remain stable on storage for lengthy periods of time, without color changes or settling out of any insoluble materials. The pH of the composition is about 3 to 8Ø The pH of the composition can be adjusted by the addition of Na20 (caustic soda) to the composition.
The following examples illustrate liquid cleaning compositions of the described invention. Unless otherwise specified, all percentages are by weight. The exemplified compositions are illustrative only and do no limit the scope of the invention.
Unless otherwise specified, the proportions in the examples and elsewhere in the specification are by weight.
Description of the Preferred Embodiments Example 1 The following formulas were prepared at room temperature by simple liquid mixing procedures as previously described A B C D E

Na AI ha olefin sulfonate 20.8724.0020.8716.9116.91 Na Paraffin sulfonate 10.4312.0010.437.24 7.24 C12 amido ro Idimeth lamine 8.70 10.008.70 oxide C12-C14 amido ro Idimeth lamine 8.85 8.85 oxide Na LED3A 6.00 2.00 otal % actives 40.0046.0046.0033.0035.00 150 m water hardness Foam vol. without soil ml 387 407 422 410 410 Foam vol. with soil ml 195 207 212 243 255 300 m water hardness Foam vol. without soil ml 382 388 415 375 413 (Foam vol. with soil (ml) 180 187 207 212 243 Example 2 The following formulas were prepared at room temperature by simple liquid mixing procedures as previously described A B C D

Ma nesium linear alk I sulfonate6.30 6.30 8.10 8.10 Sodium linear alk I sulfonate 4.50 4.50 mmonium alk I ethox sulfate 15.0015.005.40 5.40 Ik I of lucose 1.50 1.50 1.20 1.20 Lau I/m ristal monoethanol 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 amide Na LED3A 1.50 1.50 Icohol 4.70 4.70 1.80 1.80 Ma nesium sulfate 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 Sodium x lene sulfonate 0.60 0.60 2.60 2.60 riclosan 0.10 0.10 HEDTA 0.08 0.08 0.12 0.12 Fra rance 0.25 0.25 0.30 0.30 Color 0.30 0.30 0.18 0.18 ater Bal. Bal. Bal. Bal.

150 m water hardness Foam vol. without soil ml 410 418 375 Foam vol. with soil ml 160 173 135 300 m water hardness Foam vol. without soil ml 387 405 350 Foam vol. with soil (ml) 150 168 125 Foam height was measured by the inverted cylinder test using a sample concentration of 0.05% in a pre-determined water hardness.

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WHAT IS CLAIMED IS
1. A light duty liquid cleaning composition which comprises approximately by weight:
(a) 4% to 16% of at least one linear alkyl benzene sulfonate surfactant;
(b) 1% to 20% of an ethoxylated alkyl ether sulfate surfactant;
(c) 0.1% to 6% of an alkyl polyglucoside surfactant;
(d) 0.1% to 2.5% of an inorganic magnesium salt;
(e) 0.25% to 6% of a C12-C14 fatty acid monoalkanol amide;
(f) 0.5% to 10% of lauryol ethylene diamine triacetate; and (g) the balance being water wherein the composition does not contain a glycol ether solvent, an ethoxylated nonionic surfactant, a polyoxyalkylene glycol fatty acid, a mono- or di-saccharides, a builder, a polymeric thickener, a clay, an alkali metal salt, ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid or hydroxyethylene diamine tetraacetic acid, abrasive, silicas, alkaline earth metal carbonates, alkyl glycine surfactant or cyclic imidinium surfactant.
2. A light duty liquid composition according to Claim 1 which includes, in addition, 1% to 15% by weight of a solubilizing agent which is selected from the group of a C1-C4 alkanol and/or a water soluble salts of C1-C3 substituted benzene sulfonate hydrotropes and mixtures thereof.
3. A light duty liquid composition according to Claim 1 further including a preservative.
4. A light duty liquid composition according to Claim 1 further including a color stabilizer.
5. A light duty liquid composition according to Claim 1, wherein said composition has a pH of about 3 to about 8Ø
6. A light duty liquid composition according to Claim 1, further including polyethylene glycol.
7. A light duty liquid composition according to Claim 1, further including 2,4,4'-trichloro-2'-hydroxydiphenyl ether.
8. A light duty liquid composition comprising approximately by weight:
(a) 10% to 30% of an alpha olefin sulfonate;
(b) 4% to 16% of a C10-C20 paraffin sulfonate;
(c) 4% to 12% of an amine oxide;
(d) 0.5% to 10% of a lauryol ethylene diamine triacetate; and (e) the balance being water.
9. A light duty liquid composition according to Claim 8 which includes, in addition, 1% to 15% by weight of a solubilizing agent which is selected from the group of a C1-C4 alkanol and/or a water soluble salts of C1-C3 substituted benzene sulfonate hydrotropes and mixtures thereof.
10. A light duty liquid composition according to Claim 8 further including a preservative.
11. A light duty liquid composition according to Claim 8 further including a color stabilizer.
12. A light duty liquid composition according to Claim 8, wherein said composition has a pH of about 3 to about 8Ø
13. A light duty liquid composition according to Claim 8 further including a proton donating agent.
14. A light duty liquid composition according to Claim 13, wherein said proton donating agent is selected from the group consisting of hydroxy containing organic acids and inorganic acids and mixtures thereof.
15. A light duty liquid composition according to Claim 13, wherein said proton donating agent is lactic acid.
16. A light duty liquid composition according to Claim 8, further including polyethylene glycol.
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