EP0973858B1 - Detergent bars comprising adjuvant powders for delivering benefit agent and process for manufacture of said bars - Google Patents

Detergent bars comprising adjuvant powders for delivering benefit agent and process for manufacture of said bars Download PDF

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EP0973858B1
EP0973858B1 EP98904167A EP98904167A EP0973858B1 EP 0973858 B1 EP0973858 B1 EP 0973858B1 EP 98904167 A EP98904167 A EP 98904167A EP 98904167 A EP98904167 A EP 98904167A EP 0973858 B1 EP0973858 B1 EP 0973858B1
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Gregory Mcfann
Gail Beth Rattinger
Liang Sheng Tsaur
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  • the present invention relates to bar compositions, particularly synthetic bar compositions, better able to deliver beneficial agents.
  • the invention relates to powder adjuvants comprising (a) benefit agents, (b) a carrier (e.g., soluble or partially soluble starches, water soluble amorphous solids or semi-crystalline water soluble solids), (c) water and (d) optional deposition/processing aids; wherein said adjuvant powders are mixed with bar chips prior to milling, extruding and stamping the bars.
  • a carrier e.g., soluble or partially soluble starches, water soluble amorphous solids or semi-crystalline water soluble solids
  • water e.g., water and (d) optional deposition/processing aids
  • said adjuvant powders are mixed with bar chips prior to milling, extruding and stamping the bars.
  • the present invention also relates to a process for making said bars.
  • water insoluble benefit agents tend to reduce lather performance. Further, even when they are incorporated, efficient deposition of water insoluble skin benefit agents onto skin from bars is difficult because of high levels of water insoluble particles such as fatty acids or waxes in the bar which can compete with the benefit agent particles or inhibit deposition of desired water insoluble benefit agent on the skin.
  • the benefit agent when the benefit agent is delivered in the form of an adjuvant powder comprising (1) benefit agent; (2) a carrier, which may be water soluble (or at least partially soluble); (3) water and (4) optionally a deposition/processing aid selected from the group consisting of surfactants (e.g., cocoamidosulfosuccinate, aldobionamide), cationic polymers (e.g., Merquat (R) 100) and hydrophilic polymers (e.g., higher molecular weight polyalkylene glycols), applicants can enhance deposition of the benefit agent (approaching levels as high as those using shower gels instead of bars) without compromising processing (and in some cases aiding processing), and further without compromising user properties such as lather volume.
  • surfactants e.g., cocoamidosulfosuccinate, aldobionamide
  • cationic polymers e.g., Merquat (R) 100
  • hydrophilic polymers e.g., higher molecular weight polyalkylene
  • deposition polymers e.g., cationic polymers
  • a water insoluble particle e.g., an emollient oil such as silicone
  • U.S. Patent No. 5,037,818 to Sime for example, teaches cationics to enhance deposition on hair from shampoos.
  • WO 94/03152 (assigned to Unilever PLC) teaches liquid cleansers that can effectively deposit silicone oil on skin using cationic polymers.
  • the art also discloses personal washing bars comprising cationic polymer to provide a skin conditioning effect and/or mildness (see U.S. Patent Nos. 4,673,525 to Small et al.; U.S. 4,820,447 to Medcalf, Jr. et al.; and 5,096,608 to Small et al.).
  • the cationic polymer is not used in combination with a benefit agent to form a spray dry powder adjuvant as described in the subject invention.
  • U.S. Patent No. 3,761,418 to Parran, Jr. discloses detergent compositions containing both water insoluble particulate substances and cationic polymers to enhance deposition and retention of particulate substances on surface washed with the detergent composition. Specifically, enhanced deposition of antimicrobial from toilet detergent bar using cationic polymers is disclosed. Again, the reference does not teach or suggest the use of the adjuvant powder of the invention (which must contain a carrier and optionally comprises cationic polymer) for enhanced deposition of benefit agent.
  • US-A-4808322, US-A-4148743 and US-A-5096608 disclose detergent bars made from a composition comprising soap or surfactant chips, a skin benefit agent, a carrier and water.
  • the present invention relates to bar compositions in which 1% to 30% by wt. powder composition, preferably 5% to 25%, more preferably 10% to 25% of the powder composition is mixed with 99% to 70%, preferably 95% to 75% "conventional" bar chips comprising 5% to 90% of a surfactant system.
  • the adjuvant powder composition and the chips are mixed together and extruded to form bar compositions able to deliver benefit agent to the skin in concentrations far higher than previously possible.
  • the invention relates to bar compositions comprising
  • the amount of loading of benefit agent in final bar depends on the percent of the powder which the benefit agent comprises. For Example, if the powder is 50% benefit agent oil, then it will require 20% powder (and 80% chips) to achieve 10% loading (i.e., 50% of 20%). If only 25% of powder were benefit agent, to achieve 10% loading in final bar would require 40% powder (25% of 40%) mixed with 60% chips.
  • the present invention provides a process for making bars wherein (A) and(B) are separately prepared; wherein (a), (b), (c) and optimal (d) are mixed at 40°to 80°C; wherein the mixture of (a)and(b) is spray dried at 80°C to 200°C at a pressure of 0.10 to 0.30 MPa; and wherein (A) and (B) are mixed, plodded, and extruded into a final bar.
  • the present invention relates to bar compositions which are able to deliver greater amounts of benefit agent to skin or other substrate then has previously been possible with bar compositions. More specifically, by preparing adjuvant powders containing desired benefit agents, and coextruding the benefit agent containing powder with surfactant containing "regular" chips, bars can be prepared which bars deliver relatively large amounts of the benefit agent to the skin.
  • the invention relates to benefit agent containing powders having specific, novel formulation (i.e., benefit agent, generally added as an emulsion; generally water soluble carrier; water; and optional deposition/processing aids); and to bars prepared by coextruding these adjuvant powders and surfactant-containing "regular" chips.
  • the benefit agent powders of the invention comprise a benefit agent "composition" (usually, although not necessarily, applied in combination with an emulsifier as an emulsion); a generally water soluble carrier; water; and optional deposition/processing aid. As described below, these components are generally mixed to form a slurry and dried (e.g., in a spray drier) to form a powder. Each component is described in greater detail below.
  • the benefit agent "composition" of the subject invention may be a single benefit agent component or it may be a benefit agent compound added via a carrier. Further the benefit agent composition may be a mixture of two or more compounds one or all of which may have a beneficial aspect. In addition, the benefit agent itself may act as a carrier for other components one may wish to add to the bar composition.
  • the benefit agent can be an "emollient oil” by which is meant a substance which softens the skin (stratum corneum) by increasing into water content and keeping it soft by retarding decrease of water content.
  • Preferred emollients include:
  • a further requirement of the benefit agent composition of the invention is that the composition have a viscosity of over 10,000 mPa ⁇ s. This viscosity may be present because an individual emollient may have a viscosity above this range or because emollients of lower viscosity have been thickened to have such viscosity.
  • a particularly preferred benefit agent is silicone, specifically, as noted, silicones having viscosity greater than about 10,000 mPas (10,000 centipoise).
  • the silicone may be a gum and/or it may be a mixture of silicones.
  • One example is polydimethylsiloxane having viscosity of about 60,000 mPas (60,000 centistokes).
  • the benefit agent generally comprises about 1% to 70%, preferably 30% to 60%, most preferably 40% to 60% by weight of the powder composition. As noted above, if the benefit agent comprises 50% of the powder and powder is 20% of the powder/chip mixture which is extruded to form final bars (i.e., 20% powder/80% chips), benefit agent loading is 10%.
  • the carrier component can be any water soluble starch including both partially soluble starches (such as corn or potato starch) and, more preferably, "true" water soluble starches, i.e., starches in which at least 10% by wt. or greater solution of starch in water will dissolve to form a clear or substantially clear solution.
  • partially soluble starches such as corn or potato starch
  • true water soluble starches i.e., starches in which at least 10% by wt. or greater solution of starch in water will dissolve to form a clear or substantially clear solution.
  • maltodextrin Maltodextrin is particularly preferred.
  • the carrier may be a water soluble amorphous solid such as, for example, alkali metal caseinate (e.g., sodium caseinate).
  • alkali metal caseinate e.g., sodium caseinate
  • the carrier may also be a semi-crystalline water soluble solid such as, for example, gelatin.
  • the carrier of the invention should have melting point above 80°C, preferably above 100°C. While not wishing to be bound by theory, it is believed that carriers with such high melting points can successfully survive the spray drying powder production process without forming a gooey, insoluble mixture. It should be understood that, if prepared in a full scale spray drier, lower melting point carriers (in theory as low as room temperature) could be used. That is, all that is required is that the temperature of carrier need be above the temperature of the drying chamber in which the adjuvant is formed.
  • the carrier compound generally will comprise 15% to 98%, preferably 30% to 50% of the powder composition.
  • a third component of the powder composition is water which comprises 1 to 10% of the powder. It should be noted that for some materials, it may not be necessary to have extremely low water, even if some additional water is needed (e.g., to enhance powder flow) because the powder may be hygroscopic in any event.
  • An optional component of the powder composition is a deposition/processing aid which is selected from the group consisting of (1) anionic, cationic, nonionic and amphoteric surfactants; (2) cationic polymers; and (3) hydrophilic polymers.
  • the surfactant aids of group (1) can be any one of dozens of suitable surfactants including, but not limited to, the following: alkyl ether sulphates; alkyl ethoxylates; alkyl ethoxy carboxylates; alkyl glyceryl ether sulphonates; alpha olefin sulphonates; acyl taurides; methyl acyl taurates; N-acyl glutamates; acyl isethionates; anionic acyl sarcosinates; alkyl phosphates; methyl glucose esters; protein condensates; ethoxylated alkyl sulphates; alkyl polyglucosides; alkyl amine oxides; betaines; sultaines; alkyl sulphosuccinates, dialkyl sulphosuccinates, acyl lactylates and mixtures thereof.
  • the above mentioned detergents are preferably those based upon C 8 to
  • Preferred surfactants include sulphosuccinates such as cocoamido sulfosuccinate; amido betaines such as cocoamidopropyl betaine; and aldonamides such as lactobionamides.
  • Cationic polymers which may be used include cationic polymers of the Polymer JR type (e.g., Polymer JR-400) made by Union Carbide; Merquat (R) Polymers such as Merquat 100 and Merquat 550 by Merck & Co; Jaguar (R) Polymer such as Jaguar (R) C-14-S by Stein Hall; Mirapol (R) Polymers such as Mirapol A15 (R) by Miranol Chemicals.
  • Polymer JR type e.g., Polymer JR-400
  • Merquat (R) Polymers such as Merquat 100 and Merquat 550 by Merck & Co
  • Jaguar (R) Polymer such as Jaguar (R) C-14-S by Stein Hall
  • Mirapol (R) Polymers such as Mirapol A15 (R) by Miranol Chemicals.
  • Suitable cationic polymers may include copolymers of dimethylaminoethylmethacrylate and acrylamide and copolymers of dimethyldialylammonium chloride and acrylamide in which ratio of cationic to neutral nonionics is selected to give copolymers a cationic charge.
  • Other suitable cationic polymers include cationic starches, e.g. StaLok (R) 300 and 400 made by Staley, Inc.
  • Hydrophilic polymers which may be used include polyalkylene glycols having molecular weight of 1450 to 150,000, for example PEG 8000 from Union Carbide.
  • the above ingredients comprise 0 to 30%, preferably 0 to 15% of the powder composition.
  • the powder adjuvants of the invention are generally, although not necessarily, prepared by preparing a mixture of benefit agent (usually as an emulsion), water soluble carrier (e.g., maltodextrin) and optional deposition/processing aid to form a slurry.
  • benefit agent usually as an emulsion
  • water soluble carrier e.g., maltodextrin
  • the benefit agents are generally incorporated into the slurry as emulsions.
  • emulsions are either supplied or can be made in lab depending on availability and benefit agents of interest.
  • silicone is easily obtained as an emulsion from Dow (R) whereas mineral oil is more easily emulsified in the lab.
  • Emulsions usually contain 30% - 50% internal phase, i.e., benefit agent, 2%-10% emulsifier and the remaining water.
  • the carrier is usually prepared as a solution and it is generally preferred to add the deposition/processing aid (if used) to this carrier solution.
  • the deposition/processing aid if used
  • starch can be prepared as a solution, usually containing the deposition/processing aid.
  • maltodextrin for example, may be prepared as a 50% solution, maintained at 60° - 70°C and, while stirred with an overhead mixer, the deposition/processing aid, if any, can be added to the maltodextrin solution.
  • the benefit agent emulsion and carrier process aid solution are mixed, diluted to about 70% water and heated to about 70°C. It should be noted that dilution is used only to ensure viscosity is low enough to pump on a laboratory scale. In larger scale up, where higher viscosity fluids can be maintained more readily, the dilution is not necessarily required.
  • the final slurry is then pumped to a spray drier.
  • the slurry is pumped into a tube where the nozzle of the tube can be from 80°C to 200°C, preferably 100° to 200°.
  • the slurry is atomized by the concurrent flow of high pressure air. Subsequently the water is vaporized leaving behind a free flowing powder trapping the benefit agent.
  • preparation of powder comprises mixing carrier and benefit agent at 40°C to 80°C, preferably 50° to 70°, passing the mixture through spray drier at nozzle temperature of 80°-200°C, preferably 100°C to 200°C at pressure of 0.10-0.30 mPa and collecting the resulting powder.
  • a typical finished adjuvant will contain 0% to 30% deposition/processing aid, 1% to 70% benefit agent, 30% to 98% carrier and 1% to 10% water.
  • the final powder is then placed into a bar by first chip mixing in an amalgamator.
  • the adjuvant powder and personal wash chips are then extruded into billets with conventional equipment and pressed into bars. Bars with the adjuvant display enhanced deposition of benefit agent over those bars in which the benefit agent is added directly to the bar during its mixing stage.
  • final bar compositions i.e., 99 to 70% chips
  • chips which comprise the surfactant system defining the bar.
  • the surfactant system chips comprise 5% to 90% by wt. of a surfactant system wherein the surfactant is selected from the group consisting of soap (pure soap surfactant systems are included), anionic surfactant, nonionic surfactant, amphoteric/zwitterionic surfactant, cationic surfactant and mixtures thereof.
  • these chips may additionally comprise other components typically found in final bar compositions, for example, minor amounts of fragrance, preservative, skin feel polymer etc.
  • soap is used herein in its popular sense, i.e., the alkali metal or alkanol ammonium salts of aliphatic alkane- or alkene monocarboxylic acids.
  • Sodium, potassium, mono-, di- and tri-ethanol ammonium cations, or combinations thereof, are suitable for purposes of this invention.
  • sodium soaps are used in the compositions of this invention, but from about 1% to about 25% of the soap may be potassium soaps.
  • the soaps useful herein are the well known alkali metal salts of natural of synthetic aliphatic (alkanoic or alkenoic) acids having about 12 to 22 carbon atoms, preferably about 12 to about 18 carbon atoms. They may be described as alkali metal carboxylates of acrylic hydrocarbons having about 12 to about 22 carbon atoms.
  • Soaps having the fatty acid distribution of coconut oil may provide the lower end of the broad molecular weight range.
  • Those soaps having the fatty acid distribution of peanut or rapeseed oil, or their hydrogenated derivatives may provide the upper end of the broad molecular weight range.
  • soaps having the fatty acid distribution of coconut oil or tallow, or mixtures thereof since these are among the more readily available fats.
  • the proportion of fatty acids having at least 12 carbon atoms in coconut oil soap is about 85%. This proportion will be greater when mixtures of coconut oil and fats such as tallow, palm oil, or non-tropical nut oils or fats are used, wherein the principle chain lengths are C 16 and higher.
  • Preferred soap for use in the compositions of this invention has at least about 85% fatty acids having about 12 to 18 carbon atoms.
  • Coconut oil employed for the soap may be substituted in whole or in part by other "high-alluric” oils, that is, oils or fats wherein at least 50% of the total fatty acids are composed of lauric or myristic acids and mixtures thereof.
  • These oils are generally exemplified by the tropical nut oils of the coconut oil class. For instance, they include: palm kernel oil, babassu oil, ouricuri oil, tucum oil, cohune nut oil, murumuru oil, jaboty kernel oil, khakan kernel oil, dika nut oil, and ucuhuba butter.
  • a preferred soap is a mixture of about 15% to about 20% coconut oil and about 80% to about 85% tallow. These mixtures contain about 95% fatty acids having about 12 to about 18 carbon atoms.
  • the soap may be prepared from coconut oil, in which case the fatty acid content is about 85% of C 12 -C 18 chain length.
  • the soaps may contain unsaturation in accordance with commercially acceptable standards. Excessive unsaturation is normally avoided.
  • Soaps may be made by the classic kettle boiling process or modern continuous soap manufacturing processes wherein natural fats and oils such as tallow or coconut oil or their equivalents are saponified with an alkali metal hydroxide using procedures well known to those skilled in the art.
  • the soaps may be made by neutralizing fatty acids, such as lauric (C 12 ), myristic (C 14 ), palmitic (C 16 ), or stearic (C 18 ) acids with an alkali metal hydroxide or carbonate.
  • the anionic detergent active which may be used may be aliphatic sulfonates, such as a primary alkane (e.g., C 8 -C 22 ) sulfonate, primary alkane (e.g., C 8 -C 22 ) disulfonate, C 8 -C 22 alkene sulfonate, C 8 -C 22 hydroxyalkane sulfonate or alkyl glyceryl ether sulfonate (AGS); or aromatic sulfonates such as alkyl benzene sulfonate.
  • a primary alkane e.g., C 8 -C 22
  • primary alkane e.g., C 8 -C 22
  • disulfonate C 8 -C 22 alkene sulfonate
  • C 8 -C 22 hydroxyalkane sulfonate C 8 -C 22 hydroxyalkane sulfonate
  • the anionic may also be an alkyl sulfate (e.g., C 12 -C 18 alkyl sulfate) or alkyl ether sulfate (including alkyl glyceryl ether sulfates) among the alkyl ether sulfates are those having the formula: RO(CH 2 CH 2 O) n SO 3 M wherein R is an alkyl or alkenyl having 8 to 18 carbons, preferably 12 to 18 carbons, n has an average value of greater than 1.0, preferably greater than 3; and M is a solubilizing cation such as sodium, potassium, ammonium or substituted ammonium. Ammonium and sodium lauryl ether sulfates are preferred.
  • alkyl sulfate e.g., C 12 -C 18 alkyl sulfate
  • alkyl ether sulfate including alkyl glyceryl ether sulfates
  • the anionic may also be alkyl sulfosuccinates (including mono- and dialkyl, e.g., C 6 -C 22 sulfosuccinates); alkyl and acyl taurates, alkyl and acyl sarcosinates, sulfoacetates, C 8 -C 22 alkyl phosphates and phosphates, alkyl phosphate esters and alkoxyl alkyl phosphate esters, acyl lactates, C 8 -C 22 monoalkyl succinates and maleates, sulphoacetates, alkyl glucosides and acyl isethionates.
  • alkyl sulfosuccinates including mono- and dialkyl, e.g., C 6 -C 22 sulfosuccinates
  • alkyl and acyl taurates alkyl and acyl sarcosinates
  • Sulfosuccinates may be monoalkyl sulfosuccinates having the formula: R 4 O 2 CCH 2 CH(SO 3 M)CO 2 M; and amide-MEA sulfosuccinates of the formula; R 4 CONHCH 2 CH 2 O 2 CCH 2 CH(SO 3 M)CO 2 M wherein R 4 ranges from C 8 -C 22 alkyl and M is a solubilizing cation.
  • Sarcosinates are generally indicated by the formula: R'CON(CH 3 )CH 2 CO 2 M, wherein R 1 ranges from C 8 -C 20 alkyl and M is a solubilizing cation.
  • Taurates are generally identified by formula: R 2 CONR 3 CH 2 CH 2 SO 3 M wherein R 2 ranges from C 8 -C 20 alkyl, R 3 ranges from C 1 -C 4 alkyl and M is a solubilizing cation.
  • esters are prepared by reaction between alkali metal isethionate with mixed aliphatic fatty acids having from 6 to 18 carbon atoms and an iodine value of less than 20. At least 75% of the mixed fatty acids have from 12 to 18 carbon atoms and up to 25% have from 6 to 10 carbon atoms.
  • Acyl isethionates when present, will generally range from about 10% to about 70% by weight of the total bar composition. Preferably, this component is present from about 30% to about 60%.
  • the acyl isethionate may be an alkoxylated isethionate such as is described in Ilardi et al., U.S. Patent No. 5,393,466.
  • This compound has the general formula: wherein R is an alkyl group having 8 to 18 carbons, m is an integer from 1 to 4, X and Y are hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbons and M + is a monovalent cation such as, for example, sodium, potassium or ammonium.
  • Amphoteric detergents which may be used in this invention include at least one acid group. This may be a carboxylic or a sulphonic acid group. They include quaternary nitrogen and therefore are quaternary amido acids. They should generally include an alkyl or alkenyl group of 7 to 18 carbon atoms.
  • R 1 is alkyl or alkenyl of 7 to 18 carbon atoms
  • R 2 and R 3 are each independently alkyl, hydroxyalkyl or carboxyalkyl of 1 to 3 carbon atoms
  • m is 2 to 4
  • n is 0 to 1
  • X is alkylene of 1 to 3 carbon atoms optionally substituted with hydroxyl
  • Y is -CO 2 - or -SO 3 -
  • Suitable amphoteric detergents within the above general formula include simple betaines of formula: and amido betaines of formula: where n is 2 or 3.
  • R 1 , R 2 and R 3 are as defined previously.
  • R 1 may in particular be a mixture of C 12 and C 14 alkyl groups derived from coconut so that at least half, preferably at least three quarters of the groups R 1 have 10 to 14 carbon atoms.
  • R 2 and R 3 are preferably methyl.
  • amphoteric detergent is a sulphobetaine of formula: or where m is 2 or 3, or variants of these in which -(CH 2 ) 3 SO 3 - is replaced by
  • R 1 , R 2 and R 3 are as discussed previously.
  • the nonionic which may be used as the second component of the invention include in particular the reaction products of compounds having a hydrophobic group and a reactive hydrogen atom, for example aliphatic alcohols, acids, amides or alkylphenols with alkylene oxides, especially ethylene oxide either alone or with propylene oxide.
  • Specific nonionic detergent compounds are alkyl (C 6 -C 22 ) phenols ethylene oxide condensates, the condensation products of aliphatic (C 8 -C 18 ) primary or secondary linear or branched alcohols with ethylene oxide, and products made by condensation of ethylene oxide with the reaction products of propylene oxide and ethylenediamine.
  • Other so-called nonionic detergent compounds include long chain tertiary amine oxides, long chain tertiary phosphine oxides and dialkyl sulphoxides.
  • the nonionic may also be a sugar amide, such as a polysaccharide amide.
  • the surfactant may be one of the lactobionamides described in U.S. Patent No. 5,389,279 to Au et al. which is hereby incorporated by reference or it may be one of the sugar amides described in Patent Nol 5,009,814 to Kelkenberg.
  • cationic detergents are the quaternary ammonium compounds such as alkyldimethylammonium halogenides.
  • the bar may be a pure soap bar, preferably the surfactant system of this chip (forming the surfactant system in the bar) comprises:
  • the first anionic can be any of those recited above, but is preferably a C 8 to C 18 isethionate as discussed above.
  • acyl isethionate will comprise 10% to 90% by wt., preferably 10% to 70% total bar composition.
  • the second surfactant is preferably a sulfosuccinate, a betaine or mixtures of the two.
  • the second surfactant or mixture of surfactant will generally comprise 1% to 10% total bar composition.
  • a particularly preferred composition comprises enough sulfosuccinate to form 3-8% total bar compositions and enough betaine to form 1-5% of total bar composition.
  • the adjuvants of the invention are combined with the "surfactant" chips in a hopper or ribbon mixer where they may be refined (e.g., worked into a more pliable mass), plodded into billets, stamped and cut.
  • Powder Manufacture The mixture was then pumped through a Yamato, Pulvis GB 22 mini lab scale spray drier. The inlet temperature was set to 200°C and the atomization pressure was set at 0.15 mPa. The resulting powder was collected from the cyclone collector off from the bottom of the drying chamber. In this case, this spray nozzle size was not important. The nozzle is a concurrent flow type nozzle.
  • the resulting bar contained approximately 9.3% 60,000 mPas (60,000 cps) poly(dimethyl siloxane).
  • Samples were treated by rubbing the bar across a 25 cm 2 piece of wet pigskin 10 times, lathering the resultant liquor for 30 seconds and then rinsing the skin for 10 seconds under 36.3°C-39.4°C (90-95°F) water.
  • the treated pigskin was then placed in a vial and the silicone was extracted with 10 ml of xylene. Next, the skin was removed from the vial and the extracted solvent was analyzed for silicone by Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectroscopy.
  • the deposition of silicone onto the pigskin is comparable to what is delivered for shower gels.

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