Detailed Description
The features, benefits and advantages of the present invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art from a reading of the present disclosure.
All percentages, parts and ratios are based on the total weight of the composition of the present invention, unless otherwise specified. All weights as they pertain to listed ingredients are assigned to levels of active material and, therefore, do not include solvents or by-products that may be included in commercially available materials, unless otherwise specified. The term "weight content" herein may be represented by the symbol "%".
All formulations and tests herein occur at 25 ℃ environment, unless otherwise indicated.
The use of "including," "comprising," "containing," "having," or other variations thereof herein, is meant to encompass the non-exclusive inclusion, as such terms are not to be construed. The term "comprising" means that other steps and ingredients can be added that do not affect the end result. The term "comprising" also includes the terms "consisting of …" and "consisting essentially of …". The compositions and methods/processes of the present invention can comprise, consist of, and consist essentially of the essential elements and limitations described herein, as well as any of the additional or optional ingredients, components, steps, or limitations described herein.
To introduce the composition of the components constituting the external structuring system and the liquid detergent composition, respectively, of the present invention:
12-hydroxy-octadecanoic acid triglyceride
The 12-hydroxy-octadecanoic acid triglyceride disclosed by the invention is a main component of hydrogenated castor oil.
The castor oil is triglyceride of fatty acid, is present in the seeds of castor oil, the content is 35% -57%, it is prepared by squeezing or solvent extraction. Castor oil contains about 70% of the triglycerides of ricinoleic acid (12-hydroxy-9-cis-octadecenoic acid) in 90% of its fatty acid chains. By controlling the hydrogenation process conditions, the castor oil can be completely hydrogenated to form hydrogenated castor oil. About 70% of hydrogenated castor oil is therefore 12-hydroxyoctadecanoic acid triglyceride (i.e. 12-hydroxy-octadecanoic acid triglyceride).
The invention discloses an external structuring system composition for liquid detergents, wherein the composition comprises, in weight percent of the total composition:
a) 0.01-5% 12-hydroxy-octadecanoic acid triglyceride, preferably 0.1-2%;
b)0.01 to 5 percent of alkyl aryl sulfonic acid solubilizer, wherein the carbon atom number of each alkane chain in the alkyl aryl sulfonic acid solubilizer is less than 5, preferably 0.1 to 2 percent;
c)5 to 60 percent of surfactant, wherein the surfactant is one or a mixture of more of anionic surfactant, nonionic surfactant and zwitterionic surfactant;
d) 0.01-0.5% of pH stabilizer selected from one or more of citric acid, succinic acid, benzoic acid, gallic acid, boric acid and alkali metal salt and organic amine salt mixture thereof;
e) 90% -95.0% of water.
The preparation method can be expressed as follows:
the preparation process of the external structured system comprises four steps:
A) under stirring, sequentially adding a surfactant, alkali and an alkyl aryl sulfonic acid solubilizer into a reaction kettle, and adjusting the pH of the mixture in the reaction kettle to 6.0-10, preferably 7-8.5 by using a pH regulator;
B) then heating to 80-95 ℃, preferably 90-95 ℃, adding 12-hydroxy-octadecanoic acid triglyceride, and stirring at the temperature until all 12-hydroxy-octadecanoic acid triglyceride is completely emulsified;
C) then rapidly cooling the mixture to 55-80 ℃, and keeping the temperature for 5-300 minutes, preferably 60-120 minutes;
D) finally, slowly reducing the temperature to be lower than 40 ℃, preferably room temperature.
Step A) is the preparation of a suitable surfactant emulsifier solution. It is well known in the art that anionic surfactants have excellent emulsifying power for fats and oils, and thus, a higher content of anionic surfactant enables sufficient emulsification of 12-hydroxy-octadecanoic acid triglyceride. Since the melting point of 12-hydroxy-octadecanoic acid triglyceride is above 85 ℃;
the step B) mainly realizes the melting of the 12-hydroxy-octadecanoic acid triglyceride and the emulsification under the action of the surfactant. When the temperature drops below the melting point, e.g. below 80 ℃, 12-hydroxy-octadecanoic acid triglyceride will precipitate again.
Under the conditions described in step C), the 12-hydroxy-octadecanoic acid triglyceride will crystallize in filamentous form, with lengths ranging from a few microns to a few tens of microns, and diameters typically of a few tens of nanometers.
Rheological yield stress
The composition exhibits a solid-like relative quiescent behavior when the external force is less than a threshold value, and a liquid-like flow behavior when the external force is greater than a threshold value, which is the rheological yield stress of the composition. The invention relates to a composition with rheological yield stress passing through Herschel-Bulkle by a rheometeryThe method is obtained by fitting calculation, and the composition with certain rheological yield stress can stably suspend suspended matters in the system, so that the phenomena of layering, suspended matter sedimentation or downward suspension of the system can be avoided.
Stability test
As is well known in the art, liquid detergent stability is a very important indicator, including storage appearance stability, freeze-thaw cycle intrinsic stability.
First, in the case of storage at high or low temperatures for a long period of time and under the condition of an ever-severe change in storage temperature, the surfactant, fatty acid, auxiliary agent, salt, and the like in the composition cause phenomena such as phase separation, delamination, precipitation, flocculation, suspended particles, and the like, and even unpredictable chemical changes, so that the composition cannot be restored to its original state even when stored at room temperature, thereby causing a phenomenon of instability of the composition due to storage conditions, i.e., storage appearance stability.
In general, the reasons for the storage appearance stability problem are:
firstly, the composition is not proper in proportion and easy to gel; ② easily decomposed substances exist in the composition; ③ reactive species, such as both anionic and cationic surfactants or polymers, are present in the composition. In general, storage appearance stability testing includes: high temperature stability, low temperature stability, freeze-thaw cycle stability, normal temperature stability, and the like.
pH regulator
The alkaline environment is beneficial to improve the detergency of detergent compositions based on anionic surfactants, and at the same time causes hydrolysis of ester groups in the polyester soil release polymer. Thus, the external structuring system and its liquid detergents according to the present invention have a pH of from pH5.0 to pH10.0, preferably from pH6.0 to pH9.0, most preferably from pH7.0 to pH 9.0.
The pH of the liquid detergent composition according to the present invention is controlled by adding a pH adjuster. The acid-base regulator comprises: acidity regulators and alkalinity regulators. Wherein the acidity regulator is selected from organic acid, inorganic acid and strong acid weak base salt, preferably from citric acid, succinic acid, benzoic acid, gallic acid, boric acid, more preferably from citric acid. And the alkalinity regulator is selected from organic amine, alkali metal hydroxide and alkali metal carbonate, and is preferably sodium hydroxide.
Surface active agent
The external structuring system and its liquid detergents to which the present invention relates comprise a surfactant system in addition to the fatty acid salt. Suitable surfactant systems include, but are not limited to: one of anionic surfactant, nonionic surfactant, zwitterionic surfactant and their mixture. Preferred surfactant systems comprise a mixture of anionic and nonionic surfactants.
The total surfactant content of the external structuring system according to the present invention is from 5% to 30% by weight of the detergent composition, preferably from 10% to 20%.
The total amount of surfactant in the external structuring system liquid detergent containing liquid detergent according to the present invention is from 0.1% to 80.0% by weight of the detergent composition, preferably from 5% to 70%.
Fatty acid salts
Fatty acid, which refers to an organic substance having a carboxyl group at one end and an aliphatic hydrocarbon chain, includes saturated fatty acid salts and unsaturated fatty acid salts. The fatty acid salt is formed by alkaline saponification of fatty acid. Commonly used alkaline agents are sodium hydroxide and potassium hydroxide. The saturated fatty acid salt is a fatty acid salt containing no carbon-carbon double bond, and is selected from one or more of caprylic acid, capric acid, lauric acid, myristic acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid and arachidic acid. The unsaturated fatty acid salt is a fatty acid salt containing one or more carbon-carbon double bonds. Depending on the number of double bonds, they can be classified into monounsaturated fatty acids having one double bond and polyunsaturated fatty acids having a plurality of double bonds. The monounsaturated fatty acid is oleic acid, and the polyunsaturated fatty acid is linoleic acid, linolenic acid, arachidonic acid, etc.
The external structuring system compositions of the present invention comprise from 0% to 30%, preferably from 1% to 5% by weight of fatty acid salt in the external structuring system.
The fatty acid salt of the liquid detergent containing the external structuring system is 0-10.0 wt%, preferably 0.1-5.0 wt%, and more preferably 0.5-2.0 wt% of the detergent.
In the liquid detergent, the fatty acid salt is one or more selected from alkali metal salts of fatty acids having 10 to 20 carbon atoms.
Anionic surfactants
The external structuring system according to the present invention comprises from 5% to 30%, preferably from 10% to 20% by weight of anionic surfactant in said external structuring system. And the anionic surfactant comprises at least 80% of the total weight of surfactant in the external structuring system. The anionic surfactant is selected from one or more of sulfonate surfactant, carboxylate surfactant and sulfate surfactant, preferably linear alkyl benzene sodium sulfonate containing ethoxylated fatty alcohol sulfate, and the alkyl group of the linear alkyl benzene sodium sulfonate contains 11-14 carbon atoms.
The present invention relates to anionic surfactants for liquid detergents containing an external structuring system in a weight percentage of from 1% to 50%, preferably from 1% to 30% in the detergent composition. The anionic surfactant is selected from one or more of sulfonate surfactants, carboxylate surfactants and sulfate surfactants, and is preferably selected from one or more of alkyl benzene sulfonate, alkyl sulfate of C8-C18, ethoxylated fatty alcohol sulfate of C8-C18, alpha-olefin sulfonate, fatty acid alkyl ester sulfonate and ethoxylated fatty alcohol ether carboxylate.
In some embodiments, the mixture of anionic surfactants preferably contains alkyl benzene sulfonates and derivatives thereof. The alkylbenzene sulfonate satisfies the following general formula:
wherein R is1Is an alkyl group having 6 to 24 carbon atoms, M+Is a cation. R1May be a straight-chain alkyl group or a branched-chain alkyl group; it may be a saturated alkyl group or an alkyl group having one or more unsaturated double bonds. More excellentR is selected1Is a straight chain alkyl group having a carbon number of 8 to 18.
In some embodiments, the mixture of anionic surfactants contains ethoxylated fatty alcohol sulfates. Ethoxylated fatty alcohol sulfates are derivatives of ethoxylated fatty alcohols having the general formula:
wherein R is1Is an alkyl group having 6 to 24 carbon atoms; x is 0.5 to 30; wherein M is+Is a cation. R1May be a straight-chain alkyl group or a branched-chain alkyl group; it may be a saturated alkyl group or an alkyl group having one or more unsaturated double bonds. Preferably R1Is a straight chain alkyl group having a carbon number of 8 to 18. x represents an average degree of ethoxylation of from 0.5 to 30, preferably from 0.5 to 10, more preferably from 0.5 to 3.
In some embodiments, the alpha olefin sulfonate is present having the general formula:
wherein a is 0 to 2, wherein M+Is a cation, R1Is an alkyl group having 6 to 24 carbon atoms, preferably R1Is an alkyl group having 8 to 18 carbon atoms.
The anionic surfactant may also comprise one or more mixtures of sodium alkyldisulfonates or derivatives thereof, preferably sodium alkyldiphenyloxide disulfonates, a suitable example being the sodium salt of dodecyl diphenyloxide disulfonate. Fatty acid alkyl ester sulfate, preferably fatty acid Methyl Ester Sulfate (MES), preferably fatty acid having 8 to 18 carbon atoms, may also be contained. Sulfosuccinates, preferably fatty alcohol polyoxyethylene ether sulfosuccinic acid monoester disodium salt, preferably having a fatty alcohol carbon number of from 8 to 18, preferably having an average degree of ethoxylation of 2.0, may also be included.
In some embodiments, the mixture of anionic surfactants contains a fatty acid salt. The fatty acid salt is formed by alkaline structuring of fatty acid. The alkaline agent usually used is sodium hydroxide and/or potassium hydroxide. In the liquid detergent composition according to the present invention, the fatty acid salt is selected from metal salts of fatty acids having 10 to 20 carbon atoms, preferably linear alkyl fatty acids having 10 to 16 carbon atoms.
The cation of the above-mentioned anionic surfactant may be an alkali metal ion or an alkaline earth metal ion, and preferably a sodium ion.
Nonionic surfactant
The present invention relates to external structuring systems wherein the nonionic surfactant is present in the external structuring system in an amount of from 0% to 10%, preferably from 1% to 5% by weight.
The present invention relates to liquid detergent nonionic surfactants comprising external structuring system compositions, in amounts of from 1% to 50% by weight of the detergent, preferably from 1% to 30%.
The nonionic surfactant is selected from one or more of fatty alcohol alkoxylates, alkyl polyglycosides, fatty acid alkoxylates, fatty acid ethoxylates, fatty acid alkylolamides, and ethoxylated sorbitan esters.
In some embodiments, the nonionic surfactant mixture preferably contains a fatty alcohol alkoxylate having the general formula:
wherein n is 6 to 24; x is in the range of 0.5 to 30,yis 0 to 10.
The fatty alcohol alkoxylate is a product of ring opening polymerization of fatty alcohol and alkylene oxide under the action of an alkaline catalyst, and therefore the fatty alcohol alkoxylate is a mixture. The fatty alcohol includes a straight chain alcohol or a branched chain isomeric alcohol. Alkoxy groups include ethoxy and propoxy groups. The fatty alcohol is preferably a fatty alcohol having a carbon number of 8 to 18, and the preferred alcohols include, but are not limited to, one of hexanol, octanol, decanol, 2-ethylhexanol, 3-propylheptanol, lauryl alcohol, isotridecyl alcohol, tridecyl alcohol, tetradecyl alcohol, cetyl alcohol, palmitoleyl alcohol, stearyl alcohol, isostearyl alcohol, oleyl alcohol, linoleyl alcohol, linolenyl alcohol, and mixtures thereof. The average degree of ethoxylation x is preferably from 2 to 12. Preferred examples are the NEODOL series of linear fatty alcohol ethoxylates products from SHELL, the ECOSURFEH series of ethoxylated and propoxylated 2-ethylhexanols products from DOW, the Lutensol XL series of ethoxylated and propoxylated 3-propylheptanols products from BASF and the Lutensol XP series of ethoxylated 3-propylheptanols from BASF.
In some embodiments, the nonionic surfactant mixture preferably comprises an alkyl polyglycoside having the general formula:
wherein n is 6 to 24, p is 1.1 to 3, preferably n is 8 to 16. Suitable alkyl polyglycosides are for example the products of the Glucopon series of alkyl glycosides from BASF.
The nonionic surfactant mixture may contain fatty acid alkoxylates, preferably from ethoxylated C8 to C18 fatty acid esters, with an average degree of ethoxylation of from 2 to 10. May contain an ethoxylated alkyl sorbitan ester having an alkyl carbon number of from 6 to 18 and an average degree of ethoxylation of from 4 to 20; a suitable example is the Corda Tween series of products.
The nonionic surfactant mixture may contain fatty acid alkylolamides, the fatty acid having 6 to 24 carbon atoms, may be a linear fatty acid, may be a branched fatty acid, may be a saturated fatty acid, and may be an unsaturated fatty acid; the alkyl alcohol number is 0 to 2. Monoethanolamide, diethanolamide, isopropanolamide of fatty acids having a carbon number of 8 to 18 are preferred, a suitable example being coconut diethanolamide.
The nonionic surfactant mixture may contain fatty acid methyl ester ethoxylates of the general formula:
wherein n is 6 to 24; x is 2 to 20, preferably n is 8 to 18, x is 0.5 to 30. Preferably x is 4 to 10.
The nonionic surfactant mixture may contain a polyether surfactant. The polyether surfactant is a polymer, a nonionic surfactant containing ethylene oxide and/or propylene oxide repeating units, suitable examples being the Pluronic series from BASF.
Other surfactants
The surfactant system according to the invention may comprise other surfactants selected from: 0-30% of a zwitterionic surfactant and 0-30% of a cationic surfactant. The zwitterionic surfactant is selected from one or more of amino acid type surfactant, amine oxide type surfactant, betaine type surfactant and imidazoline type surfactant; including but not limited to: alkyl betaines, fatty amidobetaines, fatty amidopropyl betaines, fatty amidopropyl hydroxypropyl sulfobetaines, including sodium alkyl acetate type imidazolines, fatty acid type imidazolines, sulfonic acid type imidazolines; aminopropionic acid derivatives, glycine derivatives; alkyl dimethyl amine oxide, fatty amidopropyl dimethyl amine oxide, and the like. The cationic surfactant comprises quaternary ammonium salt surfactant, heterocyclic surfactant and polymer cationic surfactant. The method comprises the following steps: mono-long linear quaternary ammonium salts, bi-long linear quaternary ammonium salts, benzyl quaternary ammonium salts, hydroxyalkyl quaternary ammonium salts, fatty amidopropyl hydroxyalkyl quaternary ammonium salts, and polyquaternary ammonium salts obtained by copolymerizing vinyl pyrrolidone and unsaturated amides or unsaturated quaternary ammonium salts.
Washing assistant
The external structuring system compositions and liquid detergents comprising the external structuring system according to the present invention may comprise detergency builders selected from the group consisting of enzyme formulations and stabilizers therefor, pH stabilizers, pH adjusters, anti-redeposition agents, functional polymers, chelants and optical brighteners.
Enzyme preparation and stabilizer thereof
The detergent compositions to which the present invention relates may comprise one or more enzyme preparations to provide cleaning performance, fabric care and/or other benefits. The enzyme preparation is selected from the group consisting of: proteases, alpha-amylases, cellulases, hemicellulases, phospholipases, esterases, lipases, peroxidases/oxidases, pectinases, lyases, mannanases, cutinases, reductases, xylanases, pullulanases, tannases, pentosanases, maltoglucanases, arabinases, beta-glucanases. Commonly used enzyme preparations are proteases, amylases, lipases, cutinases and/or cellulases. The enzyme preparation is present at a level of from 0.001% to 5%, preferably from 0.01% to 2% of the detergent composition.
The liquid detergents of the invention may comprise from 0.001% to 10% by weight of the composition of an enzyme stabilising system. The enzyme stabilizing system is compatible with liquid detergents and may comprise one of calcium ions, boric acid, borax, propylene glycol, glycerol, polyols and mixtures thereof. The weight and amount of the enzyme stabilizing system will vary depending on the form and composition of the detergent composition and the type of enzyme preparation.
Anti-redeposition agent
The liquid detergent according to the present invention may contain an antiredeposition agent from the viewpoint of effectively improving the washing effect. The anti-redeposition agent includes, but is not limited to, the group consisting of:
cellulose derivatives such as carboxymethyl cellulose, ethyl hydroxyethyl cellulose, methyl cellulose; homopolymers and copolymers of vinylpyrrolidone, such as linear polyvinylpyrrolidone, copolymers of vinylpyrrolidone and vinyl acetate, copolymers of vinylpyrrolidone and vinylimidazole; polycarboxylates, for example polyacrylates, polyacrylic polymaleic acid copolymers, acrylic acid-acrylate-sulfonate copolymers. The antiredeposition agent is present in the liquid detergent composition at a level of from 0.01% to 5%, preferably from 0.01% to 2%.
Functional polymers
The present invention relates to detergent compositions comprising one or more functional polymers including an amphiphilic alkoxylated grease cleaning polymer, a carboxylate polymer and/or modified carboxylate polymer, a polycarboxylate and/or modified polycarboxylate.
The detergent compositions to which the present invention relates may comprise amphiphilic alkoxylated grease cleaning polymers having balanced hydrophilic and hydrophobic properties such that they remove grease particles from fabric surfaces or hard surfaces. One class of embodiments of the amphiphilic alkoxylated grease cleaning polymers is that they contain one or more core structures, which may be, but are not limited to, ethylenediamine, triethylenetetramine, tetraethylenepentamine, etc., having a molecular formula H, and a plurality of alkoxylated groups attached to the core structure2N(C2H4NH)nH, linear polyamine structures or star-shaped polyethyleneimines, the alkoxylated groups of which can be, but are not limited to, polyoxyethylene groups, polyoxypropylene groups and/or their block and/or random copolymeric groups.
In the liquid detergent, the amphiphilic alkoxylated grease cleaning polymer accounts for 0-10.0 wt% of the liquid detergent composition, preferably 0.1-5.0 wt%, and more preferably 0.5-2.0 wt%.
The liquid detergents to which the present invention relates may comprise carboxylate polymers and/or modified carboxylate polymers to enhance the grease removal capacity of the compositions. Including carboxylate polymers which may be polyacrylate homopolymers or random copolymers of maleates/acrylates, and alkoxylated polycarboxylates, i.e., polyacrylates containing polyoxyethylene side chains. The molecular weight is typically between about 2000 and about 50000. In the liquid detergent, the weight percentage content of the carboxylate polymer and/or the modified carboxylate polymer in the liquid detergent composition is 0-10.0%, preferably 0.1-5.0%, and more preferably 0.5-2.0%.
The liquid detergents to which the present invention relates may comprise polycarboxylates and/or modified polycarboxylates to enhance the cleaning of particulate soils and to inhibit limescale formation from the compositions. Including water-soluble salts of homopolymers and copolymers polymerized from one or more double bond-containing aliphatic carboxylic acid monomers including, but not limited to, acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, maleic acid, itaconic acid, mesaconic acid, fumaric acid, aconitic acid, citraconic acid, and methylenemalonic acid. The modified polycarboxylate has a polyoxyethylene group or an alkyl group in a side chain. The molecular weight is typically between about 2000 and about 10000. In the liquid detergent composition, the weight percentage of the polycarboxylate and/or the modified polycarboxylate in the liquid detergent composition is 0-10.0%, preferably 0.1-5.0%, and more preferably 0.5-2.0%.
Chelating agents
The liquid detergents of the present invention may comprise one or more metal ion sequestrants including copper, iron and/or manganese sequestrants and mixtures thereof. These chelating agents can reduce the concentration of free metal ions in the liquid detergent, thereby reducing the inactivation of enzyme preparations by these metal ions, the catalytic decomposition of other components, and the like. Useful chelating agents include aminocarboxylates, aminophosphonates, and the like, including but not limited to Ethylenediaminetetraacetate (EDTA), Nitrilotriacetate (NTA), Diethylenetriaminepentaacetate (DTPA), alanine diacetate (MGDA), glutamic acid diacetate (GLDA), and/or ethylenediaminetetra (methylene phosphate) (EDTMPA), aminotri (methylene phosphate) (ATMP), diethylenetriaminepenta (methylene phosphate) (DTPMP), hydroxy-ethane diphosphonate (HEDP), and ethylenediamine disuccinate (EDDS), and mixtures thereof. In the liquid detergent composition, the content of the chelating agent in the liquid detergent is 0-20.0 wt%, preferably 0.1-5.0 wt%, and more preferably 0.5-2.0 wt%.
Fluorescent whitening agent
The use of optical brighteners in liquid detergents is well known in the art and commercially available optical brighteners are abundant. Optical brighteners are present in the form of their alkali metal salts (mostly sodium salts). Preferred optical brighteners include, but are not limited to: distyrylbiphenyl compounds. A suitable example is 4,4' -bis (2-sodium sulfonate styryl) biphenyl, such as the product of the BASF company under the CBS-X brand. The fluorescent whitening agents are used in amounts of 0.01% to 2% by weight, preferably 0.01% to 0.1% of the total composition.
In the liquid detergent, the fluorescent whitening agent accounts for 0.01-2.00 wt% of the liquid detergent composition, preferably 0.05-1.00 wt%, and more preferably 0.05-0.50 wt%.
Solvent(s)
Since the high concentration surfactant mixture is very easily gelled when it is in contact with water, and thus becomes very difficult to dissolve, the decontamination effect cannot be achieved. That is, in practical use, when a surfactant mixture of high concentration is in contact with water, it forms a semisolid gel which is not dissolved for a long time, and on the one hand, it does not reach the expected cleaning power, on the other hand, it stains clothes, and causes significant detergent residue. In addition, in order to meet the requirements of the process production and improve the production efficiency, a certain amount of solvent is generally added to ensure that the composition can be quickly mixed. As is well known in the art, the most common solvent is water, and in addition to this, a water-miscible organic solvent may be selected. Such organic solvents include lower alcohols, polyols, ethers, polyethers, alkylamines, fatty amines, alkyl (or ester) amides, mono-or di-substituted N-alkyl substituted derivatives, alkyl (or ester) carboxylic acids, lower alkyl esters, ketones, aldehydes, polyols, and glycerol esters.
In the liquid detergent, the solvent is selected from one or more of water, a polyalcohol solvent and an alcohol ether solvent, and is preferably selected from one or more of water, glycerol, propylene glycol and ethanol.
Optional ingredients
The liquid detergents to which the present invention relates comprise the following optional additives: one or more of alkaline agent, viscosity regulator, preservative, colorant, color stabilizer and essence.
The liquid detergent to which the present invention relates may comprise one or more alkaline agents selected from the group consisting of sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, alkali metal carbonates, alkali metal silicates. The content of the alkaline agent in the liquid detergent composition is 0.01-30.0 wt%, preferably 0.05-10.0 wt%, and more preferably 0.05-5.0 wt%.
The liquid detergents to which the present invention relates may comprise one or more viscosity modifiers to provide a suitable viscosity. Suitable viscosity modifiers are, for example, salts, polysaccharides, gums, short-chain fatty alcohols, short-chain fatty alcohol alkyl ethers. Suitable examples are sodium chloride, sodium formate, sodium acetate, ethanol, propylene glycol, sodium citrate, alkyl hydroxyalkyl cellulose ethers, carrageenan, xanthan gum, polyacrylamide derivatives. The weight percentage content of the viscosity regulator in the liquid detergent composition is 0.01-30.0%, preferably 0.05-10.0%, and more preferably 0.05-5.0%.
In some embodiments, the liquid detergents to which the present invention relates preferably comprise preservatives, suitable examples being phenoxyalcohols, sodium benzoate; isothiazolinone and its derivatives, such as methyl isothiazolinone, methyl chloro isothiazolinone, benzisothiazolinone or their mixture. The amount of the preservative is 0.001% to 5%, preferably 0.01% to 2%.
The raw material components in the examples are introduced:
in the following examples, all amounts are by weight unless otherwise indicated, and the amounts of the listed ingredients are converted to active material amounts.
In the examples, the following abbreviations will be used and have the indicated functions.
KOH: neutralizing fatty acid with potassium hydroxide, saponifying to obtain fatty acid salt and alkali agent.
Liquid caustic soda: sodium hydroxide water solution containing 32% of sodium hydroxide by mass, neutralizing fatty acid and saponifying to prepare fatty acid salt and/or neutralizing LAS, alkali agent.
And (3) LAS: the linear alkyl benzene sulfonic acid sodium salt contains 10-13 carbon atoms and an anionic surfactant.
AOS: alpha-olefin sulfonate, anionic surfactant.
AES: ethoxylated fatty alcohol sulfate, wherein the number of carbon atoms of fatty alcohol is 12-14, the average ethoxylation degree is 2, and the anionic surfactant is used as the surfactant.
K12: sodium lauryl sulfate, anionic surfactant.
MES: fatty acid methyl ester sulfate, wherein the carbon atom number of the fatty acid is 8-18, and an anionic surfactant.
AEO 9: ethoxylated fatty alcohol, average degree of ethoxylation 9, nonionic surfactant.
TO-7: ethoxylated isomeric tridecanol, average degree of ethoxylation of 7, nonionic surfactant.
MEE: fatty acid methyl ester ethoxylate, wherein the number of carbon atoms of fatty acid is 6-24, the average ethoxylation degree is 0.5-30, and the nonionic surfactant is used.
APG: C8-C14 alkyl glycoside, nonionic surfactant.
LAO: lauramidopropyl amine oxide. A nonionic surfactant.
CAB: cocoamidopropyl betaine, a zwitterionic surfactant.
LAB: lauramidopropyl betaine, zwitterionic surfactant.
1227: dodecyl dimethyl benzyl ammonium chloride and cationic surfactant.
1631: cetyl trimethyl ammonium chloride and cationic surfactant.
DTM-8: n, N' -dicaprylyl ethylenediamine sodium diethylsulfonate and a Gemini surfactant.
DTM-10: n, N' -didecanoyl ethylenediamine sodium diethylsulfonate and gemini surfactant.
PAA: sodium salt of acrylic acid homopolymer, polycarboxylate.
CPA: sodium salts of polymers containing repeating structural units of acrylic acid, polycarboxylates.
CMC-sodium salt: sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, anti-redeposition agents.
EPEI: polyethyleneimine (MW 600) with 20 ethoxylate groups per NH, polyester soil release polymer.
Protease: alkaline protease, a product of Novozymes corporation under the trademark Savinase Ultra 16 XL.
Enzyme stabilizer: consists of 20 percent of borax, 50 percent of glycerin and 30 percent of citric acid which account for the weight of the enzyme stabilizer.
Whitening agent: 4,4' -bis (2-sodium sulfonate styryl) biphenyl, an optical brightener, a product of BASF corporation, under the designation CBS-X.
Preservative: a mixture of methylisothiazolinone and chloromethylisothiazolinone.
Effect test example 1: rheological yield stress test
The rheological property of the liquid detergent composition is tested by a rheometer of Andonpa MCR-302 type, the test temperature is 25-45 ℃, the shear rate is 0.1-100S-1By Herschel-Bulkley, y ═ a + b.xpThe equation is fitted to calculate the rheological yield stress of the composition, and the correction Ratio (R2) is required to be more than 0.99 when the equation is fitted.
TABLE 1 base fluid composition of liquid detergent (% by weight)
a, proper amount is added or not added according to the requirement, and the addition amount is that the ordinary people can perceive the effect.
The base liquid of the liquid detergent of table 1 above was prepared by the following method:
1) adding solvent (water, ethanol, propylene glycol), alkaline agent (potassium hydroxide, liquid alkali) and surfactant (fatty acid, LAS, AEO9, AES, XL-80) into main preparation tank, and stirring to dissolve completely;
2) adding a pH regulator (citric acid) to regulate the pH to 7-9;
3) add the external structuring system composition (as shown in tables 2 and 4) and stir until dispersion is complete;
4) adding washing auxiliary agent and additive, supplementing solvent, stirring to completely dissolve, and making appearance uniform;
5) adjusting the quality parameters of the product, and stirring until the appearance is uniform.
TABLE 2 combination formulation of external structuring system compositions for liquid detergents (examples 1-6 vs. comparative example 1)
a "liquid detergent yield stress" was measured according to the yield stress test method after 6 parts of external structuring system was mixed with 94 parts of "base liquid # 1" and stirred until no significant particles were present.
b "liquid detergent yield stress" was measured according to the yield stress test method after 6 parts of external structuring system was mixed with 94 parts of "base liquid # 2" and stirred until no significant particles were present.
The external structuring system compositions of table 2 above, examples 1-6, were prepared by:
A) sequentially adding a surfactant (LAS), an alkaline agent (liquid alkali), a pH stabilizer (sodium citrate) and an alkyl aryl sulfonic acid solubilizer (2, 4-sodium xylene sulfonate, sodium p-toluene sulfonate or sodium cumene sulfonate) into a reaction kettle under stirring, and adjusting the pH of the mixture in the reaction kettle to 6.0-10, preferably 7-8.5 by using a pH regulator (citric acid);
B) then heating to 80-95 ℃, preferably 90-95 ℃, adding 12-hydroxy-octadecanoic acid triglyceride, and stirring at the temperature until all 12-hydroxy-octadecanoic acid triglyceride is completely emulsified;
C) rapidly cooling the mixture to 55-80 ℃ and keeping the temperature for 5-300 minutes, preferably 60-120 minutes;
D) finally, slowly reducing the temperature to be lower than 40 ℃, preferably room temperature. The external structuring system composition a of comparative example 1 in table 2, which did not contain an alkylaryl sulphonic acid solubiliser, had a yield force of 0.13Pa when the rest of the liquid detergent base liquid (base liquid # 1) was thoroughly mixed.
In contrast, the liquid detergents containing the example external structuring system compositions were all significantly improved in yield by the addition of the alkylaryl sulfonic acid solubilizer in examples 1-6.
Effect test example 2: influence of Process structuring Properties
External structuring system compositions were prepared according to "external structuring system composition preparation method" based on composition a in table 2 (which did not contain sodium 2, 4-xylene sulfonate) and mixed with "base 1 liquid" (base 1 liquid "did not contain sodium 2, 4-xylene sulfonate).
In the preparation process, sodium 2, 4-xylene sulfonate is added at different positions. The preparation process comprises the following steps:
comparative example 1: 2, 4-sodium xylene sulfonate was not added during the preparation and 6 parts of the prepared external structured system were mixed with 93 parts of "base solution # 1" and 1 part of pure water;
comparative example 2: 2, 4-sodium xylene sulfonate is not added during the preparation, and 6 parts of the prepared external structured system are mixed with 93 parts of '1 # base solution' and 0.1 part of sodium 2, 4-xylene sulfonate and 0.9 part of pure water;
comparative example 3: 2, 4-sodium xylene sulfonate is not added during the preparation, and 6 parts of the prepared external structured system are mixed with 93 parts of '1 # base solution' and 0.5 part of sodium 2, 4-xylene sulfonate and 0.5 part of pure water;
comparative example 4: 2, 4-sodium xylene sulfonate is not added during the preparation, and 6 parts of the prepared external structured system are mixed with 93 parts of "base solution 1" and 1 part of sodium 2, 4-xylene sulfonate;
comparative example 5: step D sodium 2, 4-xylene sulfonate (added in 0.5%) was added and 6 parts of the prepared external structured system was mixed with 93 parts of "base solution # 1" and 1 part of pure water;
comparative example 6: step D sodium 2, 4-xylene sulfonate (added in 0.5%) was added and 6 parts of the prepared external structured system was mixed with 93 parts of "base solution # 2" and 1 part of pure water;
example 1: step a sodium 2, 4-xylene sulfonate (added in 0.5%) was added and 6 parts of the prepared external structured system was mixed with 93 parts of "base solution # 1" and 1 part of pure water;
example 2: step a sodium 2, 4-xylene sulfonate (added at 0.5%) was added and 6 parts of the prepared external structuring system was mixed with 93 parts "base solution # 2" and 1 part pure water.
Table 3 testing of external structuring system compositions
It is clear that the sodium 2, 4-xylene sulfonate is dosed in preference to the 12-hydroxy-octadecanoic acid triglyceride in order to have an effect on the crystallization behavior of the 12-hydroxy-octadecanoic acid triglyceride, i.e. to enhance the structuring capacity of the liquid detergent.
Effect test example 3: suspension test (storage appearance stability)
Sample preparation: a certain amount of external structuring system was mixed with base liquid and coloured particles (0.05 parts) and stirred evenly, finally adding 12-hydroxy-octadecanoic triglyceride in the liquid detergent in an amount of 0.2% of the total mass of the liquid detergent.
High-temperature stability: after the composition is bottled and sealed, the composition is placed in an environment with the temperature of 45 +/-1 ℃, and is placed at a constant temperature for 1 month, the temperature is restored to the room temperature of 25 +/-5 ℃, the appearance of the composition is not obviously changed, such as no layering or precipitation, and color particles are not obviously settled, so that the high-temperature stability is qualified.
Low-temperature stability: the composition is bottled and sealed, then placed in an environment with the temperature of 0 +/-2 ℃, placed at constant temperature for 1 month, taken out and immediately observed. The appearance of the composition has no obvious change, such as no layering or precipitation, and color particles have no obvious sedimentation, so the composition is qualified in low-temperature stability.
Freeze-thaw cycle stability: placing the mixture in an environment with the temperature of-15 ℃ to-20 ℃, taking out the mixture after placing the mixture for 24 hours at constant temperature, placing the mixture in an environment with the temperature of 25 +/-5 ℃ at room temperature for 24 hours, circulating for one time, continuously circulating for five times, observing the state of the composition every time, wherein the experiment is a freeze-thaw cycle experiment. The appearance of the composition has no obvious change, such as no layering or precipitation, and color particles have no obvious sedimentation, so that the freeze-thaw cycle stability is qualified.
And (3) normal temperature stability: after the composition is bottled and sealed, the composition is placed in a room temperature environment (20-30 ℃) and placed for 1 month, the appearance of the composition has no obvious change, such as no layering or precipitation, no obvious sedimentation of color particles, and the composition is qualified in stability at normal temperature.
Table 4 liquid detergent stability test containing coloured particles and external structuring system compositions
Clearly, the results in table 4 show that: the external structuring composition according to examples 1-2 of the present invention imparts to the liquid detergent composition a higher suspending power and ensures a stable suspension of the coloured particles in the composition under the same conditions.
The dimensions and values disclosed herein are not to be understood as being strictly limited to the exact numerical values recited. Unless otherwise stated, each such dimension is intended to mean both the recited value and a functionally equivalent range surrounding that value. For example, a dimension disclosed as "40 mm" is intended to mean "about 40 mm".
All documents cited in the summary of the invention are incorporated herein by reference in the relevant part. The citation of any document is not to be construed as an admission that it is prior art with respect to the present invention.
The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention in any way, so that any simple modification, equivalent change and modification made to the above embodiment according to the technical spirit of the present invention are within the scope of the technical solution of the present invention.