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• the present invention relates to liquid or gel detergent compositions containing anionic sulfate or sulfonate surfactant, divalent ions selected from calcium ions and strontium ions, and a stabilizing agent thereof.
• Detergent compositions containing polyhydroxy fatty acid amide and anionic sulfate surfactant are known from International Application WO 92-06162.
• compositions may be formulated and sold as liquids or gels.
• the compositions may be made up by dissolving a concentrated composition (sold as a concentrate for dilution) , which may be solid or liquid, into water containing divalent ions to form a composition in accord with the invention.
• the present invention therefore provides remarkably stable liquid or gel detergent compositions which exhibit superior greasy oil removal properties.
• liquid detergent compositions of the present invention comprise, by weight of the composition : (a) from about 3% to about 95% of anionic surfactant selected from anionic sulfate surfactant, anionic sulfonate surfactant, and any mixtures thereof ; (b) from about 3% to about 40% of nonionic surfactant, most preferably polyhydroxy fatty acid amide having the formula :
• R 1 is hydrogen, C1-C4 hydrocarbyl, 2-hydroxyethyl, 2-hydroxypropyl, or mixtures thereof;
• R 2 is C5-C31 hydrocarbyl; and Z is a polyhydroxy-hydrocarbyl having a linear hydrocarbyl chain with at least three hydroxyl groups directly connected to the chain, or an alkoxylated derivative thereof;
• (c) from about 0.1% to about 3% of divalent ions selected from calcium ions, strontium ions, and any mixtures thereof ;
• the detergent compositions of the present invention comprise from about 3% to about 95%, more preferably from about 5% to about 60%, most preferably from about 10% to about 40%, by weight of anionic surfactant selected from anionic sulfate or sulfonate surfactants, and any mixtures thereof.
• the anionic sulfate surfactant may be any organic sulfate surfactant. It is preferably selected from the group consisting of C 10 -C 16 alkyl sulfate which has been ethoxylated with from about 0.5 to about 20 moles of ethylene oxide per molecule, Cg-C 1 7 acyl-N-(C-L-C 4 alkyl) glucamine sulfated, -N-(C 2 -C 4 hydroxyalkyl) glucamine sulfate, and mixtures thereof.
• the anionic sulfate surfactant is a C ⁇ o ⁇ c 16 alkyl sulfate which has been ethoxylated with from about 0.5 to about 20, preferably from about 0.5 to about 12, moles of ethylene oxide per molecule.
• Alkyl ethoxy sulfate surfactants comprises a primary alkyl ethoxy sulfate derived from the condensation product of a c 10 ⁇ c 16 alcohol with an average of from about 0.5 to about
• Ci2 ⁇ c 14 al ⁇ yl sulfate which has been ethoxylated with from about 3 to about 10 moles of ethylene oxide per molecule is preferred.
• Blends can be made of material having different degrees of ethoxylation and/or different ethoxylate distributions arising from the specific ethoxylation techniques employed and subsequent processing steps such as distillation.
• Anionic sulfate surfactants include the C 9 -C 1 7 acyl-N-(C ⁇ C 4 alkyl) and -N-(C 1 -C 2 hydroxyalkyl) glucamine sulfates, preferably those in which the Cg-C 17 acyl group is derived from coconut or palm kernel oil. These materials can be prepared by the method disclosed in U.S. Patent 2,717,894, Schwartz, issued September 13, 1955.
• Anionic sulfonate surfactant Anionic sulfonate surfactant
• Anionic sulfonate surfactant suitable for use herein include essentially any sulfonate surfactants including, for example, the salts (eg : alkali metal salts) of C9-C20 linear alkybenzene sulfonates, C 8 -C 24 olefin sulfonates, sulfonated polycarboxylic acids, alkyl glycerol sulfonates, fatty acyl glycerol sulfonates, fatty oleyl glycerol sulfonates, paraffin sulfonates, and any mixtures thereof.
• the counterion for the anionic surfactant component is preferably selected from calcium, sodium, potassium, magnesium, ammonium, or alkanol-ammonium, and mixtures thereof, with calcium and magnesium being preferred for cleaning and sudsing, respectively.
• the detergent composition herein preferably comprise from about 5% to about 65%, preferably from about 20% to about 40%, by weight of a surfactant mixture comprising anionic sulfate surfactant and polyhydroxy fatty acid amide surfactant.
• compositions of the present invention also comprise from about 3% to about 40%, preferably from about 5% to about 30%, more preferably from about 8% to about 25%, by weight of nonionic surfactant.
• Polyhydroxy fatty acid amides are preferred nonionic surfactants for use in accord with the invention.
• Polyhydroxy fatty acid amides useful herein have the structural formula:
• Rl is H, C 1 -C4 hydrocarbyl, 2-hydroxy ethyl, 2- hydroxy propyl, or a mixture thereof, preferable C1-C4 alkyl, more preferably C;L or C 2 alkyl, most preferably C-_ alkyl (i.e., methyl); and R 2 is a C5-C31 hydrocarbyl, preferably straight-chain C7 ⁇ C 19 alkyl or alkenyl, more preferably straight-chain Cg-Cj ⁇ alkyl or alkenyl, most preferably straight-chain C ⁇ -C ⁇ alkyl or alkenyl, or mixture thereof; and Z is a polyhydroxyhydrocarbyl having a linear hydrocarbyl chain with at least 3 hydroxyls directly connected to the chain, or an alkoxylated derivative (preferably ethoxylated or propoxylated) thereof.
• Z preferably will be derived from a reducing sugar in a reductive amination reaction; more preferably Z is a glycityl.
• Suitable reducing sugars include glucose, fructose, maltose, lactose, galactose, mannose, and xylose.
• high dextrose corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, and high maltose corn syrup can be utilized as well as the individual sugars listed above. These corn syrups may yield a ix' of sugar components for Z. It should be understood that it is by no means intended to exclude other suitable raw materials.
• Z preferably will be selected from the group consisting of -CH 2 -(CHOH) n -CH2-OH 2 , -CH(CH 2 OH)-(CHOH) n -, -CH 2 OH, -CH 2 -(CHOH) 2 (CHOR* ) (CHOH) - CH OH, where n is an integer from 3 to 5, inclusive, and R' is H or a cyclic or aliphatic monosaccharide, and alkoxylate derivative thereof. Most preferred are glycityls wherein n is 4 , particularly -CH 2 -(CHOH) 4 -CH 2 OH.
• R 1 can be, for example, N-methyl, N-ethyl, N-propyl, N-isopropyl, N-butyl, N-2-hydroxy ethyl, or N-2- hydroxy propyl.
• R2-CO-N ⁇ can be, for example, cocamide, stearamide, oleamide, lauramide, myristamide, capricamide, palmitamide, tallowamide, etc.
• Z can be 1-deoxyglucityl, 2-deoxyfructityl, 1- deoxymaltityl, 1-deoxylactityl, 1-deoxygalactityl, 1- deoxymannityl, l-deoxymaltotriotityl, etc.
• the most preferred polyhydroxy fatty acid amide has the general formula :
• compositions herein From 0.05% to 3%, more preferably from 0.15% to 2% of divalent ion, selected from calcium or strontium ions, or mixtures thereof, is included in the detergent compositions herein. It has been found for compositions containing polyhydroxy fatty acid amide that the presence of calcium greatly improves the cleaning of greasy soils. This is especially true when the compositions are used in softened water, which contains few divalent ions.
• the calcium or strontium ions can be added as inorganic salts.
• the calcium ions can be added, for example, as a chloride, hydroxide, oxide, formate or acetate, or nitrate salt. If the anionic surfactants are in the acid form, the calcium can be added as a calcium oxide or calcium hydroxide slurry in water to neutralise the acid.
• the calcium ions may be present in the compositions as salts.
• the amount of calcium ions present in compositions of the invention may be dependent upon the amount of total anionic surfactant present herein.
• the molar ratio of calcium ions to total anionic surfactant is preferably from 1:0.1 to 1:25, more preferably from 1:2 to 1:10, for compositions of the invention.
• the stabilizing agent should be present at levels of from 0.05% to 10% of the composition and a molar ratio with calcium of from 0.01:1 to 10:1.
• the surfactant mixture of the present invention preferably further comprises from 1% to 20%, more preferably from 2% to 20% by weight of a suds enhancing agent selected from the group consisting of amine oxides, betaines, sultaines, complex betaines, and certain nonionics.
• a suds enhancing agent selected from the group consisting of amine oxides, betaines, sultaines, complex betaines, and certain nonionics.
• Amine oxides useful in the present invention include those compounds having the formula :
• R 3 is selected from an alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, acylamidopropoyl and alkyl phenyl group, or mixtures thereof, containing from 8 to 26 carbon atoms, preferably 8 to 16 carbon atoms;
• R 4 is an alkylene or hydroxyalkylene group containing from 2 to 3 carbon atoms, preferably 2 carbon atoms, or mixtures thereof;
• x is from 0 to 3 , preferably 0; and each R 5 is an alkyl or hydyroxyalkyl group containing from 1 to 3 , preferably from 1 to 2 carbon atoms, or a polyethylene oxide group containing from 1 to
• R 5 groups can be attached to each other, e.g., through an oxygen or nitrogen atom, to form a ring structure.
• amine oxide surfactants in particular include CI Q -C- ⁇ Q alkyl dimethyl amine oxides and Cg-C 1 alkoxy ethyl dihydroxyethyl amine oxides.
• examples of such materials include dimethyloctylamine oxide, diethyldecylamine oxide, bis-(2-hydroxyethy1)dodecylamine oxide, dimethyldodecylamine oxide, dipropyltetradecylamine oxide, methylethylhexadecylamine oxide, dodecylamidopropyl dimethylamine oxide and dimethyl-2-hydroxyoctadecylamine oxide.
• Preferred are C 10 ⁇ C;L8 alkyl dimethylamine oxide, and C 10 -i8 acylamido alkyl dimethylamine oxide.
• the betaines useful in the present invention are those compounds having the formula R(R' ) N + R 2 COO ⁇ wherein R is a c 6 ⁇ c 18 hydrocarbyl group, preferably a C 10 ⁇ c 16 alkyl group or C 10 -i6 acylamido alkyl group, each R 1 is typically 1 -C 3 alkyl, preferably methyl,m and R 2 is a C ⁇ -C ⁇ hydrocarbyl group, preferably a C 1 -C 3 alkylene group, more preferably a
• betaines include coconut acylamidopropyldimethyl betaine; hexadecyl dimethyl betaine; C 12 _- 14 acylamidopropylbetaine; C 8 _ 14 acylamidohexyldiethyl betaine; 4[C 14 __i6 acylmethylamidodiethylammonio]-l-carboxybutane; C 1 6_ 1 g acylamidodimethylbetaine; C 12 _ 16 acylamidopentanediethyl- betaine; [C 12 _ 1 g acyl ethylamidodimethylbetaine.
• Preferred betaines are C ⁇ 2 -18 dimethyl-ammonio hexanoate and the C ⁇ Q -
• the sultaines useful in the present invention are those compounds having the formula (R(R 1 ) 2 N + R 2 S ⁇ 3 ⁇ wherein R is a c 6 -c 18 hydrocarbyl group, preferably a C 10 -C 16 alkyl group, more preferably a C 12 -C 13 alkyl group, each R 1 is typically c l -c 3 alkyl, preferably methyl, and R 2 is a C ⁇ -Cg hydrocarbyl group, preferably a C 1 -C 3 alkylene or, preferably, hydroxyalkylene group.
• Suitable sultaines include C ⁇ 2 ⁇ c i4 dimethylammonio-2-hydroxypropyl sulfonate, C 12 -i4 amido propyl ammonio-2-hydroxypropyl sultaine, C 12 _ 14 dihydroxyethylammonio propane sulfonate, and C 16 _ 18 dimethylammonio hexane sulfonate, with C 12 _ 14 amido propyl ammonio-2-hydroxypropyl sultaine being preferred.
• R is a hydrocarbon group having from 7 to 22 carbon atoms
• A is the group (C(O))
• n is 0 or 1
• R ⁇ is hydrogen or a lower alkyl group
• x is 2 or 3
• y is an integer of 0 to 4
• Q is the group -R 2 COOM wherein R 2 is an alkylene group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms and M is hydrogen or an ion from the groups alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, ammonium and substituted ammonium
• B is hydrogen or a group Q as defined.
• Suitable nonionic detergent surfactants are generally disclosed in U.S. Patent 3,929,678, Laughlin et al., issued December 30, 1975, at column 13, line 14 through column 16, line 6, incorporated herein by reference. Exemplary, non- limiting classes of useful nonionic surfactants are listed below. 1.
• the ethylene oxide is present in an amount equal to from about 5 to about 25 moles of ethylene oxide per mole of alkyl phenol.
• nonionic surfactants of this type include IgepalTM CO-630, marketed by the GAF Corporation; and TritonTM X-45, X-114, X-100, and X-102, all marketed by the Rohm & Haas Company.
• alkyl ethoxylate condensation products of aliphatic alcohols with from about 1 to about 25 moles of ethylene oxide.
• the alkyl chain of the aliphatic alcohol can either be straight or branched, primary or secondary, and generally contains from 8 to 22 carbon atoms.
• condensation products of alcohols having an alkyl group containing from 10 to 20 carbon atoms with from about 2 to about 10 moles of ethylene oxide per mole of alcohol are particularly preferred.
• condensation products of alcohols having an alkyl group containing from 10 to 14 carbon atoms with from about 6 to about 10 moles of ethylene oxide per mole of alcohol are particularly preferred.
• nonionic surfactants of this type include TergitolTM 15-S-9 (the condensation product of C 11 -C 15 linear alcohol with 9 moles ethylene oxide) , TergitolTM 24-L-6 NMW (the condensation product of C 1 -C 14 primary alcohol with 6 moles ethylene oxide with a narrow molecular weight distribution) , both marketed by
• NeodolTM 45-9 the condensation product of C 1 4 ⁇ C 1 5 linear alcohol with 9 moles of ethylene oxide
• NeodolTM 23-6.5 the condensation product of C 12 -
• NeodolTM 45-7 (the condensation product of 1 4-C 15 linear alcohol with 7 moles of ethylene oxide)
• NeodolTM 45-4 the condensation product of C- L4 -C 1 5 linear alcohol with 4 moles of ethylene oxide
• KyroTM EOBN the condensation product of C13-C15 alcohol with 9 moles ethylene oxide
• the hydrophobic portion of these compounds preferably has a molecular weight of from about 1500 to about 1800 and exhibits water insolubility.
• the addition of polyoxyethylene moieties of this hydrophobic portion tends to increase the water solubility of the molecule as a whole, and the liquid character of the product is retained up to the point where the polyoxyethylene content is about 50% of the total weight of the condensation product, which corresponds to condensation with up to about 40 moles of ethylene oxide.
• Examples of compounds of this type include certain of the commercially- available PluronicTM surfactants, marketed by BASF.
• the condensation products of ethylene oxide with the product resulting from the reaction of propylene oxide and ethylenediamine consist of the reaction product of ethylenediamine and excess propylene oxide, and generally has a molecular weight of from about 2500 to about 3000.
• This hydrophobic moiety is condensed with ethylene oxide to the extent that the condensation product contains from about 40% to about 80% by weight of polyoxyethylene and has a molecular weight of from about 5,000 to about 11,000.
• this type of nonionic surfactant include certain of the commercially available TetronicTM compounds, marketed by BASF.
• the hydrophobic group is attached at the 2-, 3-, 4-, etc. positions thus giving a glucose or galactose as opposed to a glucoside or galactoside.
• the intersaccharide bonds can be, e.g., between the one position of the additional saccharide units and the 2-, 3-, 4-, and/or 6- positions on the preceding saccharide units.
• a polyalkyleneoxide chain joining the hydrophobic moiety and the polysaccharide moiety.
• the preferred alkyleneoxide is ethylene oxide.
• Typical hydrophobic groups include alkyl groups, either saturated or unsaturated, branched or unbranched containing from 8 to 18, preferably from 10 to 16, carbon atoms.
• the alkyl group is a straight-chain saturated alkyl group.
• the alkyl group can contain up to about 3 hydroxyl groups and/or the polyalkyleneoxide chain can contain up to about 10, preferably less than 5, alkyleneoxide moieties.
• Suitable alkyl polysaccharides are octyl, nonyldecyl, undecyldodecyl, tridecyl, tetradecyl, pentadecyl, hexadecyl, heptadecyl, and octadecyl, di-, tri-, tetra-, penta-, and hexaglucosides, galatoses.
• Suitable mixtures include coconut alkyl, di-, tri-, tetra-, and pentaglucosides and tallow alkyl tetra-, penta- and hexaglucosides.
• the preferred alkylpolyglycosides have the formula R 2 0(C n H 2n O)t(glycosyl) ⁇
• R2 is selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkylphenyl, hydroxyalkyl, hydroxyalkylphenyl, and mixtures thereof in which the alkyl groups contain from 10 to 18, preferably from 12 to 14, carbon atoms; n is 2 or 3, preferably from about 1.3 to about 3, most preferably from about 1.3 to about 2.7.
• the glycosyl is preferably derived from glucose. To prepare these compounds, the alcohol or alkylpolyethoxy alcohol is formed first and then reacted with glucose, or a source of glucose, to form the glucoside (attachment at the 1-position) . The additional glycosyl units can then be attached between their 1-position and the preceding glycosyl units 2-, 3-, 4- and/or 6-position, preferably predominantly the 2-position.
• Fatty acid amide surfactants having the formula :
• R 6 - C - N(R 7 )2 wherein R 6 is an alkyl group containing from 7 to 21, preferably from 9 to 17 carbon atoms and each R 7 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C1-C4 alkyl, C -C t hydroxyalkyl, and
• Preferred amides are Q -C20 ammonia amides, monoethanolamides, diethanolamides, and isopropanolamides.
• Preferred suds enhancing agents are C 10 -18 acyl amide alkyl dimethyl amine oxides, betaines, sultaines, condensation products of aliphatic alcohols with ethylene oxides, and alkylpolysaccharides, and mixtures thereof.
• magnesium ions are preferably added to the liquid detergent compositions of the invention for improved product stability, as well as improved sudsing and skin mildness.
• the magnesium can be added by neutralization of the acid with a magnesium oxide or magnesium hydroxide slurry in water. Calcium can be treated similarly. This technique minimises the addition of chloride ions, which reduces corrosive properties.
• the neutralized surfactant salts and the hydrotrope are then added to the final mixing tank and any optional ingredients are added before adjusting the pH.
• the liquid detergent compositions hereof will preferably be formulated such that during use in aqueous cleaning operations, the wash water will have a pH of between about 5.0 and about 8.0.
• the liquid compositions themselves preferably have a pH in a 10% solution water at 20°C of between about 5.5 and about 8.5, most preferably between about 6.8 and about 7.8.
• Techniques for controlling pH at recommended usage levels include the use of buffers, alkali, acids, etc., and are well known to those skilled in the art. Dilute hydrochloric acid is preferred for downward pH adjustment and sodium hydroxide for upward pH adjustment.
• the detergent compositions of the present invention are liquid detergent compositions.
• These preferred liquid detergent compositions comprise from 94% to 35% by weight, preferably from 90% to 40% by weight, most preferably from 80% to 50% by weight of a liquid carrier, e.g., water, preferably a mixture of water and a C1-C4 monohydric alcohol (e.g., ethanol, propanol, isopropanol, butanol, and mixtures thereof) , with ethanol being the preferred monohydric alcohol or a mixture of water and C-L-C dihydric alcohol (eg : propylene glycol) .
• a liquid carrier e.g., water, preferably a mixture of water and a C1-C4 monohydric alcohol (e.g., ethanol, propanol, isopropanol, butanol, and mixtures thereof)
• ethanol being the preferred monohydric alcohol or a mixture of water and C-L-C dihydric alcohol (eg : propy
• a hydrotrope is typically added to the compositions of the present invention, and may be present at levels of from 0.5% to 10%, preferably from 1% to 5%, by weight.
• Useful hydrotropes include sodium, potassium, and ammonium xylene sulfonates, sodium, potassium, and ammonium toluene sulfonate, sodium potassium and ammonium cumene sulfonate, and mixtures thereof.
• polycarboxylates include polycarboxylates. Some polycarboxylates have calcium chelating properties as well as hydrotropic properties.
• hydrotropes are alkylpolyethoxypolycarboxylate surfactants of the general
• R is a C 6 to C 18 alkyl group
• x ranges from 1 to 24
• R-L and R 2 are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, methyl or succinic acid moiety, and mixtures thereof, wherein at least one B. ⁇ or R 2 is a succinic acid moiety.
• An example of a commercially available alkylpolyethoxpolycarboxylate which can be employed herein is POLY-TERGENT C, Olin Corporation, Cheshire, CT.
• alkyl amphodicarboxylic acid is of the generic formula :
• R is a C 8 to C 18 alkyl group
• x is from 1 to 2
• M is preferably chosen from alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, ammonium, mono-, di-, and tri-ethanolammonium, most preferably from sodium, potassium, ammonium, and mixtures thereof with magnesium ions.
• the preferred alkyl chain length (R) is a C 10 to 14 alkyl group and the dicarboxylic acid functionally is diacetic acid and/or dipropionic acid.
• a suitable example of an alkyl a phodicarboxylie acid is the amphoteric surfactant Miranol R 2CM Cone.manufactured by Miranol, Inc., Dayton, NJ.
• the detergent compositions of the present invention may also be in the form of a gel.
• Such compositions are typically formulated in polyakenyl polyether and having a molecular weight of from about 750,000 to about 4,000,000.
• polycarboxylate polymer thickeners are the Carbopol 600 series resins available from B.F. Goodrich. Especially preferred are Carbopol 616 and 617. It is believed that these resins are more highly cross-linked than the 900 series resins and have molecular weights between about 1,000,000 and 4,000,000. Mixtures of polycarboxylate polymers as herein described may also be used in the present invention. Particularly preferred is a mixture of Carbopol 616 and 617 series resins.
• the polycarboxylate polymer thickener is utilized preferably with essentially no clay thickening agent.
• the polycarboxylate polymers of the present invention are utilized with clay in the composition of the present invention, a less desirable product, in terms of phase instability, results.
• the polycarboxylate polymer is preferably used instead of clay as a thickening/stabilizing agent in the present compositions.
• the polycarboxylate polymer is used as a thickening agent in the compositions of the present invention, it is typically present at a level of from about 0.1% to about 10%, preferably from about 0.2% to about 2% by weight.
• the thickening agents are preferably used to provide a yield value of from about 50 to about 350 and most preferably from about 75 to about 250.
• the yield value is an indication of the shear stress at which the gel strength is exceeded and flow is initiated. It is measured herein with a Brookfield RVT model viscometer with a T-bar B spindle at 25°utilizing a Helipath.
• anionic surfactants useful for detersive purposes can also be included in the compositions hereof.
• salts including, for example, sodium, potassium, ammonium, and substituted ammonium salts such as mono-, di- and triethanolamine salts
• soap fatty oleyl glycerol sulfates, alkyl phenol ethylene oxide ether sulfates, alkyl phosphates, isethionates such as the acyl isethionates, N-acyl taurates, fatty acid amides of methyl tauride, alkyl succinates and sulfosuccinates, monoesters of sulfosuccinate (especially saturated and unsaturated C. -C no monoesters) diesters of sulfosuccinate (especially
• salts including, for example, sodium, potassium, ammonium, and substituted ammonium salts such as mono-, di- and triethanolamine salts
• fatty oleyl glycerol sulfates alkyl phenol ethylene oxide ether sulfates, alky
• N-acyl sarcosinates N-acyl sarcosinates, sulfates of alkylpolysaccharides such as the sulfates of alkylpolyglucoside (the nonionic nonsulfated compounds being described herein) , branched primary alkyl sulfates, alkyl polyethoxy carboxylates such as those of the formula RO(CH 2 CH 2 0) k CH 2 COO-M + wherein R is a C 8 -C 22 alkyl, k is an integer from 0 to 10, and M is a soluble salt-forming cation, and fatty acids esterified with isethionic acid and neutralized with sodium hydroxide.
• alkylpolysaccharides such as the sulfates of alkylpolyglucoside (the nonionic nonsulfated compounds being described herein)
• branched primary alkyl sulfates alkyl polyethoxy carboxylates such as
• Resin acids and hydrogenated resin acids are also suitable, such as rosin, hydrogenated rosin, and resin acids and hydrogenated resin acids present in or derived from tall oil. Further examples are given in "Surface Active Agents and Detergents" (Vol. I and II by Schwartz, Perry and Berch) . A variety of such surfactants are also generally disclosed in U.S. Patent 3,929,678, issued December 30, 1975 to Laughlin, et al. at Column 23, line 58 through Column 29, line 23 (herein incorporated by reference).
• Ampholytic surfactants can be incorporated into the detergent compositions hereof. These surfactants can be broadly described as aliphatic derivatives of secondary or tertiary amines, or aliphatic derivatives of heterocyclic secondary and tertiary amines in which the aliphatic radical can be straight chain or branched.
• One of the aliphatic substituents contains at least about 8 carbon atoms, typically from about 8 to about 18 carbon atoms, and at least one contains an anionic water-solubilizing group, e.g., carboxy, sulfonate, sulfate. See U.S. Patent No. 3,929,678 to Laughlin et al., issued December 30, 1975 at column 19, lines 18-35 (herein incorporated by reference) for examples of ampholytic surfactants.
• Zwitterionic surfactants can also be incorporated into the detergent compositions hereof. These surfactants can be broadly described as derivatives of secondary and tertiary amines, derivatives of heterocyclic secondary and tertiary amines, or derivatives of quaternary ammonium, quaternary phosphonium or tertiary sulfonium compounds. See U.S. Patent No. 3,929,678 to Laughlin et al., issued December 30, 1975 at column 19, line 38 through column 22, line 48 (herein incorporated by reference) for examples of zwitterionic surfactants. Such ampholytic and zwitteronic surfactants are generally used in combination with one or more anionic and/or nonionic surfactants.
• these optional additional surfactants are typically present at a concentration of from about 1% to about 15%, preferably from about 2% to about 10% by weight.
• detergency builders either of the organic or inorganic type.
• water-soluble inorganic builders which can be used, either alone or in admixture with themselves or with organic alkaline sequestrant builder salts, are glycine, alkyl and alkenyl succinates, alkali metal carbonates, phosphates, polyphosphates, and silicates.
• Specific examples of such salts are sodium tripolyphosphate, sodium carbonate, potassium carbonate, sodium pyrophosphate, potassium pyrophosphate, potassium tripolyphosphate, and sodium hexametaphosphate.
• alkali metal polycarboxylates examples of which include, but are not limited to, water-soluble citrates such as sodium and potassium citrate, sodium and potassium tartrate, sodium and potassium nitrilo triacetates, sodium and potassium N-2 (2-hydroxyethyl) -nitrilo diacetates, sodium and potassium di-succinates, such as those described in US Patent 4,663,071 (Bush et al., issued May 5, 1987) , the disclosure of which is incorporated herein.
• water-soluble citrates such as sodium and potassium citrate, sodium and potassium tartrate, sodium and potassium nitrilo triacetates, sodium and potassium N-2 (2-hydroxyethyl) -nitrilo diacetates, sodium and potassium di-succinates, such as those described in US Patent 4,663,071 (Bush et al., issued May 5, 1987) , the disclosure of which is incorporated herein.
• compositions of the present invention can be used in the compositions of the present invention.
• Detergency builders in general have limited value when the compositions of the present invention are in the form of light duty liquid dishwashing detergent compositions. If included in light duty liquids, these optional builders are typically present at a concentration of from about 0.1% to about 10%, preferably from about 2% to about 5%, by weight.
• compositions herein include dyes, perfumes and opacifiers.
• Opacifiers such as Lytron (Morton Thiokol, Inc.), a modified polystyrene latex, or ethylene glycol distearate can be added, preferably as a last step. Lytron can be added directly as a dispersion with mixing. Ethylene glycol distearate can be added in a molten state with rapid mixing •to form pearlescent crystals. Opacifiers useful herein, particularly for light duty liquids, are typically present at levels from about 0.2% to about 10%, preferably from about 0.5% to about 6% by weight.
• compositions were prepared by mixing all of the surfactants with the exception of the glucamide.
• the magnesium and calcium salts were then pre-dissolved into solution together with the maleic acid and added to the surfactant mixture with the remaining components. Finally the pH was trimmed to 7.3 using hydrochloric acid and the viscosity checked. Stability was monitored by storing samples of each of the compositions at room temperature and at 50°C.
• compositions I to IV all remained as clear, homogeneous, stable liquids for at least 3 weeks at 50°C and at least 4 weeks at room temperature.
• Composition V which contained no maleic acid, became immediately unstable upon heating to 50°C, and became unstable within 2 days at room temperature.
• compositions VI and VII are clear, homogeneous stable liquid composition in accord with the invention.

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