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Definitions

• This invention relates to a nonchlorine containing machine dishwashing detergent or rinse aid formulation which delivers excellent final glassware appearance.
• Machine dishwashing detergents constitute a generally recognized distinct class of detergent compositions, particularly as compared to detergents designed for fabric laundering.
• a spotless and film-free appearance of glasses and silverware is the expected final result of a machine dishwashing run while, in many laundering operations, substances which may leave a greasy, oily or soapy residue can be tolerated.
• machine dishwashing detergents are mixtures of ingredients whose purpose, in combination, is to break down and remove food soils; to inhibit foaming caused by certain food soils; and to remove stains such as might be caused by beverages such as coffee and tea or by vegetable soils such as carotenoid soils. While necessary for these various cleaning benefits, machine dishwashing detergents can also create or exacerbate other problems.
• carbonate and phosphate salts often detergent ingredients, are known to contribute to the formation of hard water films on glasses.
• the water used to prepare the solution for the washing process is often treated (softened) to remove hardness ions such as calcium and magnesium with the result that hard water residues on washware are reduced. Nevertheless, spotting and filming from soil residues and precipitates from the detergent formulation can remain a problem, especially if the ion exchange unit serving the dishwashing machine is operating inefficiently.
• Spotting and filming of glassware are the chief criteria by which the performance of a dishwashing formulation is judged. Spotting is an obvious reference to discrete residues on glassware which have resulted when water droplets have completely evaporated and left behind any dissolved solids. Filming refers to a more uniform deposition over a large, contiguous portion of the glass surface. Without wishing to be bound by theory, it is believed that this film can sometimes be of organic origin (resulting from soil in the wash liquor) but is also often inorganic in nature, due to the formation of some mineral precipitate.
• compositions are free from chlorine bleach but may, optionally, contain an oxygen bleach. It is another object herein to provide dishwashing detergent compositions which contain effective levels of a cationic or amphoteric polymer which provides superior glassware appearance as evidenced by reduced spotting and filming. Another object herein is to provide a dishwashing rinse aid formulation containing an effective level of the cationic or amphoteric polymer .
• Low molecular weight homopolymers of acrylic acid such as Acusol 445, ex Rohm and Haas
• Acusol 445 Ex Rohm and Haas
• HAPPI Hydrophilicity Modifier
• p. 64 Low molecular weight homopolymers of acrylic acid (such as Acusol 445, ex Rohm and Haas) discussed in Witak, D. et al. "Exploring Options for Dishwashing Detergents in the 1990s", HAPPI, August 1990, p. 64 may be used in combination with a reduced or zero level of a phosphate builder, to give a reduced film score on glasses.
• a copolymer of maleic acid or maleic anhydride and a C 2 4 olefin comonomer is described as an additive for chlorine- free machine dishwashing detergent formulations in lieu of chlorine bleach in U.S. 5,232,622.
• This hydrophobically modified polyacrylate is also described as reducing the incidence of spot formation with a margarine/milk soil in a zero phosphate formulation in Shulman, J.E. "Non Phosphate ADDS", (July 1992) HAPPI, p. 130. Both spotting and filming are controlled by a combination of Acusol 460ND and either of Acusol 479N (a copolymer of acrylic acid and maleic acid) or Acusol 445. Such a combination of polyacrylates has also been described in U.S. 5,279,756.
• Terpolymers of acrylic acid, acrylamide or butyl acrylate, and an aminoacryloyl derivative are disclosed as being useful at 0.5 to 7% levels in a machine dishwashing detergent formulation for reducing spotting and filming in the presence of a margarine/milk soil in U.S. 5,308,532.
• the performance of said terpolymers was found to surpass that of a 4500 MW homopolymer of acrylic acid (i.e. Acusol 445N, ex. Rohm and Haas) .
• Similar claims are made for a copolymer of acrylic acid and the aminoacryloyl derivative in EP 0 560 519 A2.
• Low molecular weight homopolymers of maleic acid are disclosed in US 5,545,348 as being superior to copolymers of acrylic acid and maleic acid or to copolymers of maleic acid and an olefin comonomer with respect to reducing filming.
• U.S. Patent No. 5,597,789 discloses a dishwashing composition comprising a mixture of disilicate and a low molecular weight, modified polyacrylate copolymer. The copolymer was described to reduce filming on glassware relative to acrylic acid/maleic acid copolymers of 70,000 MW or acrylic acid homopolymers of 4500 MW.
• the prior art teaches the use of anionic, vinyl polymers consisting chiefly of acrylic acid or modified polyacrylates for the improvement of spotting and filming in chlorine-free machine dishwashing detergent formulations.
• anionic, vinyl polymers consisting chiefly of acrylic acid or modified polyacrylates for the improvement of spotting and filming in chlorine-free machine dishwashing detergent formulations.
• cationic polymers reduce spotting and filming during machine dishwashing.
• cellulosic materials, and especially cationically modified cellulose polymers should offer any benefit in glass appearance.
• the present invention describes a detergent composition which reduces spotting and filming on glassware cleaned in an automatic dishwashing machine, comprising:
• R 2 R 3 wherein R is hydrogen, hydroxyl, or a C 1 to C 30 straight
• R is hydrogen, a C 1 to C 30 straight or branched alkyl, a C 1 to C 30 straight or branched alkyl substituted aryl, aryl substituted C ⁇ to C 30 straight or branched alkyl radical or a poly oxyalkene condensate of an aliphatic radical, and R is a heteroatomic organic radical containing either one or more quaternerized nitrogen atoms or one or more amine groups having a pK a of about 6 or greater and a positive charge over a portion of the pH interval pH 2 to 11.
• the invention also describes a rinse aid composition for use in an automatic dishwashing maching comprising:
• R is hydrogen, hydroxyl, or a C ⁇ to C 30 straight
• R is hydrogen, a C 1 to C 30 straight or branched alkyl, a C ⁇ to C 30 straight or branched alkyl substituted aryl, aryl substituted C 1 to C 30 straight or branched alkyl radical or a poly
• R is a heteroato ic organic radical containing either one or more quaternerized nitrogen atoms or one or more amine groups having a pK a of about 6 or greater and a positive charge over a portion of the pH interval pH 2 to 11.
• the invention further describes use of a water soluble cationic or amphoteric polymer in an automatic dishwashing composition or a rinse aid to reduce spotting and/or filming or cleaned glassware.
• the present invention comprises incorporation of specific water soluble cationic or amphoteric polymers in the dishwashing process to improve the appearance of washed glass articles.
• the essential polymers in this invention may be incorporated at any point in the dishwashing process.
• the polymers may be incorporated into typical detergent or rinse aid formulations, or may be incorporated in any desired form such as tablets, powders, granulates, pastes, liquids, and gels.
• the present invention comprises incorporation of water soluble cationic or amphoteric polymers in the dishwashing process to improve the appearance of washed glass articles.
• the essential polymers in this invention may be incorporated at any point in the dishwashing process.
• the polymers may be incorporated into typical detergent or rinse aid formulations, or may be incorporated in any desired form such as tablets, powders, granulates, pastes, liquids, and gels.
• a water soluble cationic or amphoteric polymer is here defined to include polymers which, because of their molecular weight or monomer composition, are soluble or dispersible to at least the extent of 0.01% by weight in distilled water at 25°C.
• Water soluble cationic or amphoteric polymers include polymers in which one or more of the constituent monomers are selected from the list of copolymerizable cationic monomers. These monomer units contain a positive charge over a portion of the pH range 2- 11. A partial listing of such monomers is presented in "Water-Soluble Synthetic Polymers: Properties and Behavior, Volume II", by P. Molyneux, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, ISBN 0-8493-6136- incorporated herein by reference.
• monomers useful in this invention may be represented structurally as ethylenically unsaturated compounds as in formula I .
• R2 R3 1 wherein R is hydrogen, hydroxyl, or a C to C 30 straight or
• R is hydrogen, or a C 1 _ 30 straight or branched alkyl, a C 1 _ 30 straight or branched alkyl substituted aryl, aryl substituted C 1 30 straight or branched alkyl radical, or a polyoxyalkene condensate of an aliphatic
• radical; and R is a heteroatomic organic radical containing either one or more quaternized nitrogen atoms or one or more amine groups which possess a positive charge over a portion of the pH interval pH 2 to 11.
• organic radical means straight or branched saturated aliphatic, straight or branched unsaturated aliphatic or aromatic radical.
• Such amine groups can be further delineated as having a pK of about 6 or greater, as defined by R. Laughlin in "Cationic Surfactants, Physical Chemistry", edited by D.N. Rubingh and P.M. Holland, Marcel Dekker, New York, 1991, ISBN 0-8247- 8357-3.
• Examples of cationic monomers of formula I include, but are not limited to, co-poly 2-vinyl pyridine and its co-poly 2- vinyl N-alkyl quaternary pyridinium salt derivatives; co- poly 4-vinyl pyridine and its co-poly 4-vinyl N-alkyl quaternary pyridinium salt derivatives; co-poly 4- vinylbenzyltrialkylammonium salts such as co-poly 4- vinylbenzyltrimethylammonium salt; co-poly 2-vinyl piperidine and co-poly 2-vinyl piperidinium salt; co-poly 4- vinylpiperidine and co-poly 4-vinyl piperidinium salt; co- poly 3-alkyl 1-vinyl imidazolinium salts such as co-poly 3- methyl 1-vinyl imidazolinium salt; acrylamido and methacrylamido derivatives such as co-poly dimethyl a inopropylmethacrylamide, co-pol
• cationic monomers suitable for this invention are co-poly vinyl amine and co-polyvinylammonium salt; co-poly diallylamine, co-poly methyldiallylamine, and co-poly diallyldimethylammonium salt; and the ionene class of internal cationic monomers as defined by D. R. Berger in "Cationic Surfactants, Organic Chemistry", edited by J.M. Richmond, Marcel Dekker, New York, 1990, ISBN 0-8247-8381-6, herein incorporated by reference.
• This class includes co- poly ethylene imine, co-poly ethoxylated ethylene imine and co-poly quaternized ethoxylated ethylene imine; co-poly [ (dimethylimino) trimethylene (dimethylimino) hexamethylene disalt] , co-poly [ (diethylimino) trimethylene (dimethylimino) trimethylene disalt] ; co-poly
• useful monomers are derived from the cationic co-poly amido-amine having the chemical structure of formula II.
• n 1 to 100,000 and x is chosen from the halides: chloride, bromide, and iodide; or from hydroxide, phosphate, sulfate, hydrosulfate, ethyl sulfate, methyl sulfate, formate, and acetate.
• An additional class of cationic monomers suitable for this invention are those arising from natural sources and include, but are not limited to, cocodimethylammonium hydroxypropyl oxyethyl cellulose, lauryldimethylammonium hydroxypropyl oxyethyl cellulose, stearyldimethylammonium hydroxypropyl oxyethyl cellulose, and stearyldimethylammonium hydroxyethyl cellulose; guar 2- hydroxy-3- (trimethylammonium) propyl ether salt; cellulose 2-hydroxyethyl 2-hydroxy 3- (trimethyl ammonio) propyl ether salt.
• Preferred cationic monomers are diallyldimethylammonium salts, having the chemical structure as unpolymerized or polymerized monomer, respectively, of formula IVa or Ivb.
• n 1 to 100,000 and x is chosen from the halides: chloride, bromide, and iodide; or from hydroxide, phosphate, sulfate, hydrosulfate, ethyl sulfate, methyl sulfate, formate, and acetate.
• Water soluble amphoteric polymers suitable for incorporation into the present invention can also include polymers in which one or more of the constituent monomers are selected from the list of copolymerizable, internally amphoteric monomers. These monomer units contain both one or more positive charges and one or more negative charges over a portion of the pH range 2-11.
• Such internally amphoteric monomers include those species possessing formal anionic and cationic charges such as N,N-dimethyl , N-acetyl aminoethylmethacrylate. Also included are monomers which, while not possessing formal charges, have one or more resonance forms which result in the occurrence of fractional cationic and anionic charges being separated within the monomer.
• Monomers in this class are typified by vinyl pyrrolidone, as described in "Water-Soluble Synthetic Polymers: Properties and Behavior, Volume I", by P. Molyneux, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, ISBN 0-8493-6135-4, incorporated herein by reference. Further examples include vinyl oxazolidone; vinyl methoxazolidone; and vinyl caprolactam.
• the mole fraction of the cationic or amphoteric polymer which is composed of the above-described cationic or amphoteric monomer units can range from 1 to 100%, preferably from 1 to 50%, and most preferably from 2 to 20% of the entire polymer.
• the remaining monomer units comprising the cationic or amphoteric polymer are chosen from the class of anionic monomers and the class of nonionic monomers or solely from the class of nonionic monomers.
• the polymer is an amphoteric polymer while in the latter case it can be a cationic polymer, provided that no amphoteric co-monomers are present.
• the anionic monomers comprise a class of monounsaturated compounds which possess a negative charge over the portion of the pH range from pH 2 to 11 in which the cationic monomers possess a positive charge.
• the nonionic monomers comprise a class of monounsaturated compounds which are uncharged over the pH range from pH 2 to 11 in which the cationic monomers possess a positive charge.
• a suitable class of both the anionic and the nonionic monomers are the vinyl (ethylenically unsaturated) substituted compounds corresponding to formula V.
• R , R , and R are independently hydrogen, a C 1 to C 3 alkyl, a carboxylate group or a carboxylate group substituted with a C ⁇ to C 30 linear or branched heteroatomic alkyl or aromatic radical, a heteroatomic radical or a poly oxyalkene condensate of an aliphatic radical.
• the class of anionic monomers are represented by the compound described by formula V in which at least one of the
• R , R , or R comprises a carboxylate, substituted carboxylate, phosphonate, substituted phosphonate, sulfate, substituted sulfate, sulfonate, or substituted sulfonate group.
• Preferred monomers in this class include but are not limited to -ethacrylic acid, -cyano acrylic acid, - dimethacrylic acid, ethylenemalonic acid, vinylacetic acid, allylacetic acid, acrylic acid, ethylidineacetic acid, propylidineacetic acid, crotonic acid, methacrylic acid, maleic acid, fumaric acid, itaconic acid, sorbic acid, angelic acid, cinnamic acid, -styryl acrylic acid (1- carboxy-4-phenyl butadiene-1, 3 ) , citraconic acid, glutaconic acid, aconitic acid, -phenylacrylic acid, -acryloxy propionic acid, citraconic acid, vinyl benzoic acid, N-vinyl succinamidic acid, and mesaconic acid.
• co-poly styrene sulfonic acid 2-methacryloyloxymethane-l-sulfonic acid, 3- methacryloyloxypropane-1-sulfonic acid, 3- (vinyloxy)propane- 1-sulfonic acid, ethylenesulfonic acid, vinyl sulfuric acid, 4-vinylphenyl sulfuric acid, ethylene phosphonic acid and vinyl phosphoric acid.
• Most preferred anionic monomers include acrylic acid, methacrylic acid and maleic acid.
• the polymers useful in this invention may contain the above monomers and the alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, and ammonium salts thereof.
• a suitable class of nonionic monomers are represented by the formula
• Suitable monomers in this class include, but are not limited to, vinyl alcohol; vinyl acetate; vinyl methyl ether; vinyl ethyl ether; acrylamide, methacrylamide and other modified acrylamides; vinyl propionate; alkyl acrylates (esters of acrylic or methacrylic acid) ; and hydroxyalkyl acrylate esters.
• a second class of nonionic monomers include co-poly ethylene oxide, co-poly propylene oxide, and co-poly oxymethylene.
• nonionic monomers includes naturally derived materials such as celluloses and starches, A most preferred nonionic monomer is hydroxyethylcellulose, with the chemical structure illustrated in formula VI.
• R H, -(-CH2CH2 ⁇ -)n-H
• M is 1 to 100,000 and n is 1 to 15.
• a particularly useful class of cationic polymers in this invention are copolymers of diallyldimethylammonium salt and hydroxyethylcellulose, designated by the Cosmetic, Toiletry, and Fragrance Association as "Polyquaternium 4".
• Preferred examples are materials supplied commercially by the National Starch and Chemicals Company under the trade names Celquat L-200 and Celquat H-100.
• a sample of L-200 had a composition of 45/55 diallyldimethylammonium chloride/ hydroxyethylcellulose, while a sample of H-100 was composed of 11/89 diallyldimethylammonium chloride/ hydroxyethyl cellulose, when characterized by NMR (mole fractions) .
• Both polymer samples have molecular weights greater than 1,000,000 as determined by gel permeation chromatography.
• the polymers in this invention may be incorporated into the dishwasher at any point in the wash process.
• An effective amount of said polymer is 0.025 to 5.00 grams, preferably 0.1 to 3.00 grams, most preferably 0.2 to 2.50 grams per wash cycle, all by weight. If the polymer is incorporated into a typical concentrated detergent formulation, this effective amount is equivalent to a polymer concentration of 0.1 to 20.0%, preferably 0.4 to 12.0%, and most preferably 0.8 to 10.0% by weight of the formulation. In a typical rinse aid composition, this effective amount is equivalent to a polymer concentration of 0.5 to 90.0%, preferably 2.0 to 60.0%, and most preferably 4.0 to 50.0% by weight of the formulation.
• Typical detergent compositions may comprise builders and other optional components.
• Rinse aid compositions typically comprise an aqueous liquid containing surfactants, hydrotropes, an ingredient such as citric acid that can act as a builder and pH control agent, and other optional components.
• the essential polymeric ingredients herein described above may be incorporated into the dishwashing process in conjunction with conventional ingredients, preferably selected from builders, enzymes, buffering systems, oxygen bleaching systems, surfactants, heavy metal ion sequestrants, antiscalants, corrosion inhibitors, antifoams, lime soap dispersant compounds, solvents, and hydrotropes.
• a typical aqueous rinse aid composition would be Wt
• compositions of the present invention which utilize a water-soluble phosphate builder typically contain this builder at a level of from 1 to 90% by weight, preferably from 10 to 80% by weight, most preferably from 20 to 70% by weight of the composition.
• water- soluble phosphate builders are the alkali metal tripolyphosphates, sodium, potassium and ammonium pyrophosphate, sodium and potassium orthophosphate, sodium polymeta/phosphate in which the degree of polymerization ranges from about 6 to 21, and salts of phytic acid. Sodium or potassium tripolyphosphate is most preferred.
• compositions of the present invention which utilize a water-soluble nonphosphate builder typically contain this builder at a level of from 1 to 90% by weight, preferably from 10 to 80% by weight, most preferably from 20 to 70% by weight of the composition.
• Suitable examples of non-phosphorus-containing inorganic builders include water-soluble alkali metal carbonates, bicarbonates, sesquicarbonates, borates, silicates, including layered silicates such as SKS-6 ex. Hoechst, metasilicates, and crystalline and amorphous aluminosilicates . Specific examples include sodium carbonate (with or without calcite seeds) , potassium carbonate, sodium and potassium bicarbonates, silicates including layered silicates and zeolites .
• Organic detergent builders can also be used as nonphosphate builders in the present invention.
• organic builders include alkali metal citrates, succinates, malonates, fatty acid sulfonates, fatty acid carboxylates, nitrilotriacetates, oxydisuccinates, alkyl and alkenyl disuccinates, oxydiacetates, carboxymethyloxy succinates, ethylenediamine tetraacetates, tartrate monosuccinates, tartrate disuccinates, tartrate monoacetates, tartrate diacetates, oxidized starches, oxidized heteropolymeric polysaccharides, polyhydroxysulfonates, polycarboxylates such as polyacrylates, poly aleates, polyacetates, polyhydroxyacrylates, polyacrylate/polymaleate and polyacrylate/ polymethacrylate copolymers, acrylate/maleate/vinyl alcohol terpolymers, aminopolycarboxylates and polyacetal carboxylate
• Such carboxylates are described in U.S. Patent Nos. 4,144,226, 4,146,495 and 4,686,062.
• Alkali metal citrates, nitrilotriacetates, oxydisuccinates, acrylate/maleate copolymers and acrylate/maleate/vinyl alcohol terpolymers are especially preferred nonphosphate builders.
• Enzymes capable of facilitating the removal of soils from a substrate may also be present in a combined amount of up to about 10% by weight of active enzyme.
• Such enzymes include proteases, amylases, Upases, esterases, cellulases, pectinases, lactases and peroxidases as conventionally incorporated into dishwashing compositions.
• Preferred commercially available protease enzymes include those sold under the tradenames Alcalase, Savinase, Durazyme, Esperase and Everlase from Novo Industries A/S (Denmark) ; and those sold by Genencor International under the tradenames Maxacal, Purafect OxP and Properase.
• Preferred commercially available amylases include those - amylases sold under the tradenames Termamyl, Duramyl and BAN from Novo Industries and those sold by Genencor International under the tradenames Maxamyl, Purafect OxAm and Purafect HpAm.
• Preferred commercially available lipases include Lipolase and Lipolase Ultra from Novo Industries and Lipomax sold by Genencor International.
• the pH of the compositions may optionally be adjusted by the use of various pH adjusting agents.
• a buffering system may be present in order to deliver a pH of about 6 to about 11 in the wash water.
• Materials which may be selected for the buffering system include water-soluble alkali metal carbonates, bicarbonates, sesquicarbonates, borates, silicates, layered silicates such as SKS-6 ex Hoechst, metasilicates, phytic acid, citric acid, borate and crystalline and amorphous aluminosilicates and mixtures thereof.
• Preferred examples include sodium and potassium carbonate, sodium and potassium bicarbonates, borates and silicates, including layered silicates.
• the pH of typical rinse aid compositions are in the range of 0.5 to 6.5 when measured as 1% solutions.
• the pH of rinse aid compositions may optionally be adjusted by the use of various acidifying pH adjusting agents.
• Preferred acidification agents include inorganic and organic acids including, for example, carboxylic acids, such as citric and succinic acids, polycarboxylic acids, such as polyacrylic acid, and also acetic acid, boric acid, malonic acid, adipic acid, fumaric acid, lactic acid, glycolic acid, tartaric acid, tartronic acid, malic acid, their derivatives and any mixtures of the foregoing.
• the present invention may optionally contain an oxygen bleach source chosen from the following:
• the oxygen bleaching agents of the compositions include organic peroxy acids and diacylperoxides .
• Typical monoperoxy acids useful herein include alkyl peroxy acids and aryl peroxy acids such as:
• peroxybenzoic acid and ring-substituted peroxybenzoic acids e.g., peroxy-alpha-naphthoic acid, and magnesium monoperoxyphthalate
• aliphatic and substituted aliphatic monoperoxy acids e.g., peroxylauric acid, peroxystearic acid, epsilon- phthalimido-peroxyhexanoic acid and o-carboxybenzamido peroxyhexanoic acid, N-nonylamidoperadipic acid and N- nonylamidopersuccinic acid.
• Cationic peroxyacids such as those described in U.S.
• Typical diperoxy acids useful herein include alkyl diperoxy acids and aryl diperoxy acids, such as:
• a typical diacylperoxide useful herein includes dibenzoylperoxide .
• Inorganic peroxygen compounds are also suitable for the present invention.
• these materials useful in the invention are salts of monopersulfate, perborate monohydrate, perborate tetrahydrate, and percarbonate.
• Preferred peroxy bleaching agents include salts of perborate monohydrate, perborate tetrahydrate, percarbonate and monopersulfate, epsilon-phthalimido-peroxyhexanoic acid, o- carboxybenzamidoperoxyhexanoic acid, and mixtures thereof.
• the organic peroxy acid is present in the composition in an amount such that the level of organic peroxy acid in the wash solution is about 1 ppm to about 300 ppm AvOx, preferably about 2 ppm to about 200 ppm AvOx.
• the oxygen bleaching agent may be incorporated directly into the formulation or may be encapsulated by any number of encapsulation techniques.
• a preferred encapsulation method is described in U.S. Patent No. 5,200,236 issued to Lang et al . , herein incorporated by reference.
• the bleaching agent is encapsulated as a core in a paraffin wax material having a melting point from about 40°C to 50°C.
• the wax coating has a thickness of from 100 to 1500 microns.
• Bleach Precursors - Suitable peracid precursors for peroxy bleach compounds have been amply described in the literature, including GB Nos . 836,988; 855,735; 907,356;
• Typical examples of precursors are polyacylated alkylene diamines, such as N,N,N' ,N' -tetraacetylethylene diamine
• TAED N,N, N' , N 1 -tetraacetylmethylene diamine
• TAGU acylated glycolurils, such as tetraacetylglycoluril
• SABS sodium acetyloxybenene sulfonate
• SNOBS sodium nonanoyloxy benzene sulfonate
• choline sulfophenyl carbonate choline sulfophenyl carbonate.
• Peroxybenzoic acid precursors are known in the art, e.g., as described in GB-A-836 , 988.
• Suitable precursors are phenylbenzoate; phenyl p-nitrobenzoate; o-nitrophenyl benzoate; o-carboxyphenyl benzoate; p-bromophenylbenzoate; sodium or potassium benzoyloxy benzene-sulfonate; and benzoic anhydride.
• Preferred peroxygen bleach precursors are sodium p- benzoyloxybenzene sulfonate, N,N, N' , N' -tetraacetylethylene diamine, sodium nonanoyloxybenzene sulfonate and choline sulfophenyl carbonate.
• the peroxygen bleach precursors are present in the composition in an amount from about 1 to about 20 weight percent, preferably from about 1 to about 15 wt.%, most preferably from about 2 to about 15 wt.%.
• a source of hydrogen peroxide is required.
• the hydrogen peroxide source is preferably a compound that delivers hydrogen peroxide on dissolution.
• Preferred sources of hydrogen peroxide are sodium perborate, either as the mono- or tetrahydrate and sodium percarbonate.
• the source of hydrogen peroxide, when included in these compositions is present at a level of about 1% to about 40% by weight, preferably from about 2% to about 30% by weight, most preferably from about 4% to about 25% by weight.
• Bleach Catalyst - An effective amount of a bleach catalyst can also be present in the invention.
• a number of organic catalysts are available such as the sulfonimines as described in U.S. Patents 5,041,232; 5,047,163 and 5,463,115.
• Transition metal bleach catalysts are also useful, especially those based on manganese, iron, cobalt, titanium, molybdenum, nickel, chromium, copper, ruthenium, tungsten and mixtures thereof. These include simple water-soluble salts such as those of iron, manganese and cobalt as well as catalysts containing complex ligands.
• Mn 4 (u-0) 6 (1, 4, 7-tr ⁇ azacyclononane) 4 (CI0 4 ) 4
• Mn Mn 4 (u- 0) 1 (u-OAc) 2 (1, 4, 7-trimethyl-1, 4, 7-triazacyclononane) 2 (C10 4 ) 3
• Mn (1,4, 7-trimethyl-1, 4, 7-triazacyclononane) - (OCH 3 ) 3 (PF 6 ) , and mixtures thereof.
• Other metal-based bleach catalysts include those disclosed in U.S. Pat. 4,430,243 and U.S. Pat. 5,114,611.
• Iron and manganese salts of aminocarboxylic acids in general are useful herein including iron and manganese aminocarboxylate salts disclosed for bleaching in the photographic color processing arts.
• a particularly useful transition metal salt is derived from ethylene- diaminedisuccinate and any complex of this ligand with iron or manganese.
• Another type of bleach catalyst is a water soluble complex of manganese (II), (III), and/or (IV) with a ligand which is a non-carboxylate polyhydroxy compound having at least three consecutive C-OH groups.
• Preferred ligands include sorbitol, iditol, dulsitol, annitol, xylitol, arabitol, adonitol, meso- erythritol, meso-inositol , lactose and mixtures thereof.
• sorbitol is especially preferred.
• U.S. Patent No. 5,114,611 teaches a bleach catalyst comprising a complex of transition metals, including manganese, cobalt, iron or copper with a non- (macro) -cyclic ligand.
• transition metals including manganese, cobalt, iron or copper
• non- (macro) -cyclic ligand include Mn gluconate, Mn(CF 3 S0 3 ) 2 , and binuclear Mn complexed with tetra-N-dentate and bi-N-
• dentate ligands including [b ⁇ py 2 Mn (u-0) 9 Mn bipy - (CIO. .)' 3-
• bleach catalysts are described, for example, in European Pat. App. Pub. Nos. 408,131 (cobalt complexes), 384,503 and 306,089 (metallo-porphyrins) , U.S. Pat. 4,728,455 (manganese/multidenate ligand), U.S. Pat. 4,711,748 (absorbed manganese on aluminosilicate) , U.S. Pat. 4,601,845 (aluminosilicate support with manganese, zinc or magnesium salt), U.S. Pat. 4,626,373 (manganese/ligand) , U.S. Pat. 4,119,557 (ferric complex), U.S. Pat. 4,430.243 (Chelants with manganese cations and non-catalytic metal cations), and U.S. Pat. 4,728,455 (manganese gluconates) .
• WO 96/23860 describe cobalt catalysts of z the type [Co n L m X] Y_ , where L is an organic ligand molecule containing more than one heteroatom selected from N, P, 0 and S; X is a coordinating species; n is preferably 1 or 2; m is preferably 1 to 5; p is preferably 0 to 4 and Y is a counterion.
• cobalt catalysts described in these applications are based on Co (III) complexes with ammonia and mon- , bi-, tri- and
• 2+ - - tetradentate ligands such as [Co (NH 3 ) 5 OAc] with Cl , OAc , PF 6 , S0 4 ⁇ , and BF 4 anions .
• transition-metal containing bleach catalysts can be prepared in the situ by the reaction of a transition-metal salt with a suitable chelating agent, for example, a mixture of manganese sulfate and ethylenediaminedisuccinate.
• a suitable chelating agent for example, a mixture of manganese sulfate and ethylenediaminedisuccinate.
• Highly colored transition metal-containing bleach catalysts may be co-processed with zeolites to reduce the color impact.
• the bleach catalyst is typically incorporated at a level of about 0.0001 to about 10% by wt . , preferably about 0.001 to about 5% by weight.
• a surfactant selected from the list including anionic, nonionic, cationic, amphoteric, and zwitterionic surfactants and mixtures of these surface active agents may be included in a composition containing the essential polymers.
• Such surfactants are well known in the detergent arts and are described at length in "Surface Active Agents and Detergents", Vol. 2 by Schwartz, Perry and Birch, Interscience Publishers, Inc., 1959, herein incorporated by reference. Low foaming surfactants are most suitable for machine dishwashing applications.
• Preferred surfactants are one or a mixture of:
• Anionic surfactants - Anionic synthetic detergents can be broadly described as surface active compounds with one or more negatively charged functional groups.
• An important class of anionic compounds are the water-soluble salts, particularly the alkali metal salts, of organic sulfur reaction products having in their molecular structure an alkyl radical containing from about 6 to 24 carbon atoms and a radical selected from the group consisting of sulfonic and sulfuric acid ester radicals.
• R is a primary alkyl group of 8 to 18 carbon atoms
• the alkyl group R may have a mixture of chain lengths. It is preferred that at least
• the solubilizing cation may be a range of cations which are in general monovalent and confer water solubility.
• An alkali metal notably sodium, is especially envisaged.
• Other possibilities are ammonium and substituted ammonium ions, such as trialkanolammonium or trialkylammonium.
• R is a primary alkyl group of 8 to 18 carbon atoms
• n has an average value in the range from 1 to 6 and M is a
• the alkyl group R may have a mixture of chain lengths. It is preferred that at least- two-thirds
• R alkyl groups have a chain length of 8 to 14 carbon
• n has an average value of 2 to 5.
• R is an alkyl group of 6 to 16 atoms
• R is an alkyl group of 1 to 4 carbon atoms
• M is a solubilizing cation.
• the group R may have a mixture of chain lengths. Preferably at least two-thirds of these groups have 6 to 12 carbon
• R is a straight chain alkyl, notably methyl or ethyl.
• R is an alkyl group of 8 to 18 carbon atoms
• Ar is a benzene ring (C 6 H 4 ) and M is a solubilizing cation.
• 10 group R may be a mixture of chain lengths. Straight chains of 11 to 14 carbon atoms are preferred.
• Paraffin sulfonates having 8 to 22 carbon atoms, preferably 12 to 16 carbon atoms, in the alkyl moiety. These surfactants are commercially available as Hostapur SAS from Hoechst Celanese.
• Olefin sulfonates having 8 to 22 carbon atoms, preferably 12 to 16 carbon atoms.
• U.S. Patent No. 3,332,880 contains a description of suitable olefin sulfonates.
• Organic phosphate based anionic surfactants include organic phosphate esters such as complex mono- or diester phosphates of hydroxyl- terminated alkoxide condensates, or salts thereof. Included in the organic phosphate esters are phosphate ester derivatives of polyoxyalkylated alkylaryl phosphate esters, of ethoxylated linear alcohols and ethoxylates of phenol. Also included are nonionic alkoxylates having a sodium alkylenecarboxylate moiety linked to a terminal hydroxyl group of the nonionic through an ether bond. Counterions to the salts of all the foregoing may be those of alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, ammonium, alkanolammonium and alkylammonium types.
• anionic surfactants are the fatty acid ester sulfonates with formula: R CH ( S0 3 M) C0 2 R
• R CH ( -) C0 2 ( - ) is derived from a coconut source and R is either methyl or ethyl; primary alkyl sulfates with the formula:
• R is a primary alkyl group of 10 to 18 carbon atoms and M is a sodium cation; and paraffin sulfonates, preferably with 12 to 16 carbon atoms to the alkyl moiety.
• Nonionic surfactants - Nonionic surfactants can be broadly defined as surface active compounds with one or more uncharged hydrophilic substituents.
• a major class of nonionic surfactants consists of those compounds produced by the condensation of alkylene oxide groups with an organic hydrophobic material which may be aliphatic or alkyl aromatic in nature.
• the length of the hydrophilic or polyoxyalkylene radical which is condensed with any particular hydrophobic group can be readily adjusted to yield a water-soluble compound having the desired degree of balance between hydrophilic and hydrophobic elements.
• Illustrative, but not limiting examples, of various suitable nonionic surfactant types are:
• Polyoxyalkene condensates of aliphatic carboxylic acids whether linear- or branched-chain and unsaturated or saturated, especially ethoxylated and/or propoxylated aliphatic acids containing from about 8 to about 18 carbon atoms in the aliphatic chain and incorporating from about 2 to about 50 ethylene oxide and/or propylene oxide units.
• Suitable carboxylic acids include "coconut” fatty acids (derived from coconut oil) which contain an average of about 12 carbon atoms, "tallow” fatty acids (derived from tallow-class fats) which contain an average of about 18 carbon atoms, palmitic acid, myristic acid, stearic acid and lauric acid,
• Polyoxyalkene condensates of aliphatic alcohols whether linear- or branched-chain and unsaturated or saturated, especially ethoxylated and/or propoxylated aliphatic alcohols containing from about 6 to about 24 carbon atoms and incorporating from about 2 to about 50 ethylene oxide and/or propylene oxide units.
• Suitable alcohols include "coconut” fatty alcohol, "tallow” fatty alcohol, lauryl alcohol, myristyl alcohol and oleyl alcohol.
• Ethoxylated fatty alcohols may be used alone or in admixture with anionic surfactants, especially the preferred surfactants above.
• anionic surfactants especially the preferred surfactants above.
• 11 is from 6 to 20 carbon atoms.
• group R may have chain lengths in a range from 9 to 18 carbon atoms.
• the average value of n should be at least 2.
• the numbers of ethylene oxide residues may be a statistical distribution around the average value. However, as is known, the distribution can be affected by the manufacturing process or altered by fractionation after ethoxylation.
• Particularly preferred ethoxylated fatty alcohols have a group R which has 9 to 18 carbon atoms while n is from 2 to 8. Also included within this category are nonionic surfactants having a formula:
• R is a linear alkyl hydrocarbon radical having an
• R and R are each linear alkyl hydrocarbons of about 1 to about 4 carbon atoms
• x is an integer of from 1 to 6
• y is an integer of from 4 to 20
• z is an integer from 4 to 25.
• One preferred nonionic surfactant of the above formula is Poly-Tergent SLF-18, a registered trademark of the Olin Corporation, New Haven, Conn., having a composition of the
• R is a C 6 -C 10 linear alkyl mixture
• Another preferred nonionic surfactant is:
• R is a linear, aliphatic hydrocarbon radical having from about 4 to about 18 carbon atoms including mixtures
• R is a linear, aliphatic hydrocarbon radical having from about 2 to about 26 carbon atoms including mixtures thereof; j is an integer having a value of from 1 to about 3; k is an integer having a value from 5 to about 30; and 1 is an integer having a value of from 1 to about 3. Most preferred are compositions in which j is 1, k is from about 10 to about 20 and 1 is 1. These surfactants are described in WO 94/22800. Other preferred nonionic surfactants are linear fatty alcohol alkoxylates with a capped terminal group, as described in U.S. 4,340,766 to BASF. Particularly preferred is Plurafac LF403 ex. BASF.
• Another nonionic surfactant included within this category are compounds of formula:
• R is a C 6 -C 24 linear or branched alkyl hydrocarbon
• radical and q is a number from 2 to 50; more preferably R is a C 8 -C 18 linear alkyl mixture and q is a number from 2 to 15.
• Polyoxyethylene derivatives of sorbitan mono-, di-, and tri-fatty acid esters wherein the fatty acid component has between 12 and 24 carbon atoms are of sorbitan monolaurate, sorbitan trilaurate, sorbitan monopalmitate, sorbitan tripalmitate, sorbitan monostearate, sorbitan onoisostearate, sorbitan tristearate, sorbitan monooleate, and sorbitan trioleate.
• the polyoxyethylene chains may contain between about 4 and 30 ethylene oxide units, preferably about 10 to 20.
• the sorbitan ester derivatives contain 1, 2 or 3 polyoxyethylene chains dependent upon whether they are mono-, di- or tri-acid esters.
• a, b, c, d, e and f are integers from 1 to 350 reflecting the respective polyethylene oxide and polypropylene oxide blocks of said polymer.
• the polyoxyethylene component of the block polymer constitutes at least about 10% of the block polymer.
• the material preferably has a molecular weight of between about 1,000 and 15,000, more preferably from about 1,500 to about 6,000. These materials are well-known in the art. They are available under the trademark "Pluronic” and "Pluronic R" , a product of BASF Corporation.
• R , R and R are saturated aliphatic radicals or substituted saturated aliphatic radicals.
• 18 oxides are those wherein R is an alkyl chain of about 10 to
• R and R are alkyl chains of about 6 to
• Amphoteric synthetic detergents - can be broadly described as derivatives of aliphatic tertiary amines, in which the aliphatic radical may be straight chain or branched and wherein one of the aliphatic substituents contain from about 8 to about 18 carbons and one contains an anionic water-solubilizing group, i.e., carboxy, sulpho, sulphato, phosphato or phosphono. Examples of compounds falling within this definition are sodium 3-dodecylamino propionate and sodium 2-dodecylamino propane sulfonate.
• Zwitterionic synthetic detergents - can be broadly described as derivatives of aliphatic quaternary ammonium, phosphonium and sulphonium compounds in which the aliphatic radical may be straight chained or branched, and wherein one of the aliphatic substituents contains from about 8 to about 18 carbon atoms and one contains an anionic water-solubilizing group, e.g., carboxy, sulpho, sulphato, phosphato or phosphono. These compounds are frequently referred to as betaines. Besides alkyl betaines, alkyl amino and alkyl amido betaines are encompassed within this invention.
• R is a monovalent organic radical (e.g., a monovalent saturated aliphatic, unsaturated aliphatic or aromatic radical such as alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, alkenyl, hydroxyalkenyl, aryl, alkylaryl, hydroxyalkylaryl, arylalkyl, alkenylaryl, arylalkenyl, etc.) containing from about 6 to about 30 (preferably from about 8 to 18 and more
• a monovalent organic radical e.g., a monovalent saturated aliphatic, unsaturated aliphatic or aromatic radical such as alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, alkenyl, hydroxyalkenyl, aryl, alkylaryl, hydroxyalkylaryl, arylalkyl, alkenylaryl, arylalkenyl, etc.
• R is a divalent hydrocarbon radical containing from 2 to about 4 carbon atoms such as ethylene, propylene or butylene (most
• R 0 represents repeating units of ethylene oxide, propylene oxide and/or random or block combinations thereof) ; n is a number having an average value of from 0 to about 12; Z 1 represents a moiety derived from a reducing saccharide containing 5 or 6 carbon atoms (most preferably a glucose unit) ; and p is a number having an average value of from 0.5 to about 10 preferably from about 0.5 to about 5.
• esters of glucose are contemplated especially, it is envisaged that corresponding materials based on other reducing sugars, such as galactose and mannose are also suitable.
• nonionic surfactants are polyoxyethylene and polyoxypropylene condensates of linear aliphatic alcohols.
• the preferred range of surfactant is from about 0.5 to 30% by wt., more preferably from about 0.5 to 15% by weight of the composition.
• the detergent compositions herein may also optionally contain one or more transition metal chelating agents. These components may also have calcium and magnesium chelation capacity, but preferentially they show selectivity to binding heavy metal ions.
• Such chelating agents can be selected from the group consisting of amino carboxylates, amino phosphonates, polyfunctionally-substituted aromatic chelating agents and mixtures therein. Without intending to be bound by theory, it is believed that the benefit of these materials is due in part to their exceptional ability to remove iron and manganese ions from washing solutions by formation of soluble chelates.
• Amino carboxylates useful as optional chelating agents include ethylenediaminetetraacetates , N- hydroxyethylethylenediaminetriacetates , nitrilotriacetates , ethylenedia ine tetraproprionates , triethylenetetraamine- hexaacetates , diethylenetriaminepentaacetates , ethylenediamine disuccinate, and ethanoldiglycines , alkali metal, ammonium, and substituted ammonium salts therein and mixtures therein.
• Amino phosphonates are also suitable for use as chelating agents in the compositions of the invention when at least low levels of total phosphorus are permitted in detergent compositions, and include ethylenediaminetetrakis (methylenephosphonates) and diethylenetriaminepentakis (methylenephosphonates) .
• these amino phosphonates do not contain alkyl or alkenyl groups with more than about 6 carbon atoms .
• Polyfunctionally-substituted aromatic chelating agents are also useful in the compositions herein. See U.S. Patent No. 3,812,044, issued May 21, 1974, to Connor et al .
• Preferred compounds of this type in acid form are dihydroxydisulfobenzenes such as 1, 2-dihydroxy-3 , 5- disulfobenzene .
• these chelating agents will generally comprise from about 0.1% to about 10% by weight of the detergent compositions herein. More preferably, if utilized, the chelating agents will comprise from about 0.1% to about 5.0% by weight of such composition.
• Scale formation on dishes and machine parts can be a significant problem. It can arise from a number of sources but, primarily it results from precipitation of either alkaline earth metal carbonates, phosphates or silicates. Calcium carbonate and phosphates are the most significant problem. To reduce this problem, ingredients to minimize scale formation can be incorporated into the composition. These include polyacrylates of molecular weight from 1,000 to 400,000 examples of which are supplied by Rohm & Haas, BASF and Alco Corp. and polymers based on acrylic acid combined with other moieties.
• acrylic acid combined with maleic acid, such as Sokalan CP5 and CP7 supplied by BASF or Acusol 479N supplied by Rohm & Haas; with methacrylic acid such as Colloid 226/35 supplied by Rhone-Poulenc; with phosphonate such as Casi 773 supplied by Buckman Laboratories; with maleic acid and vinyl acetate such as polymers supplied by H ⁇ ls; with acrylamide; with sulfophenol methallyl ether such as Aquatreat AR 540 supplied by Alco; with 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid such as Acumer 3100 supplied by Rohm & Haas or such as K-775 supplied by Goodrich; with 2-acrylamido-2- methylpropane sulfonic acid and sodium styrene sulfonate such as K-798 supplied by Goodrich; with methyl methacrylate, sodium methallyl sulfonate and sulfophenol methallyl
• antiscalant polymers notably polyacrylates
• the essential polymers of this invention are notable in that they provide a marked improvement in glassware appearance for systems which contain antiscalant polymers.
• composition my optionally contain corrosion inhibitors to reduce the tarnishing of silver flatware.
• corrosion inhibitors include benzotriazole and other members of the azole family.
• Particularly preferred azoles, including imidazoles, are described in Gary et al., U.S. Patent No. 5,480,576, incorporated herein by reference.
• Additional antitarnish additives include water-soluble bismuth compounds such as bismuth nitrate as taught in GB 2,297,096 A; heavy metal salts of copper, iron, manganese, zinc, or titanium (EP 0 636 688 Al, GB 2,283,494 A); paraffin oil; and non-paraffin oil organic agents such as fatty esters of mono or polyhydric alcohols as claimed in EP 0 690 122 A2.
• compositions of the present invention when formulated for use in machine dishwashing compositions, preferably comprise an antifoam system.
• Suitable antifoam systems for use herein may comprise essentially any known antifoam compound, including, for example, silicone antifoams, silicone oil, mono- and distearyl acid phosphates, mineral oil, and 2-alkyl and alcanol antifoam compounds. Even if the machine dishwashing composition contains only low foaming surfactants, the antifoam assists to minimize foam which food soils can generate.
• the compositions may include 0.02 to 2% by weight of antifoam, preferably, 0.05 to 1.0%.
• Preferred antifoam systems are described in Angevaare et al.; U.S. Serial No. 08/539,923, incorporated herein by reference .
• compositions of the invention may contain a lime soap dispersant compound, which has a lime soap dispersing power (LSDP) , as defined hereinafter, of no more than 8, preferably no more than 7, most preferably no more than 6.
• LSDP lime soap dispersing power
• the lime soap dispersant compound is preferably present at a level of from 0.1% to 40% by weight, more preferably 1% to 20% by weight, most preferably from 2% to 10% by weight of the compositions.
• a lime soap dispersant is a material that prevents the precipitation of alkali metal, ammonium or amine salts of fatty acids by calcium or magnesium ions.
• a numerical measure of the effectiveness of a lime soap dispersant is given by the lime soap dispersing power (LSDP) which is determined using the lime soap dispersion test as described in an article by H.C. Borghetty and CA. Bergman, J. Am. Oil. Chem. Soc, volume 27, pages 88-90, (1950).
• This lime soap dispersion test method is widely used by practitioners in this art field being referred to , for example, in the following review articles; W.N. Linfield, Surfactant Science Series, Volume 7, p 3; W.N. Linfield, Tenside Surf. Det .
• Surfactants having good lime soap dispersant capability will include certain amine oxides, betaines, sulfobetaines , alkyl ethoxysulfates and ethoxylated alcohols.
• compositions of the invention may contain organic solvents, particularly when formulated as nonaqueous liquids or gels.
• the compositions in accord with the invention preferably contain a solvent system present at levels of from about 1% to about 30% by weight, preferably from about 3% to 25% by weight, more preferably form about 5% to about 20% by weight of the composition.
• the solvent system may be a mono or mixed solvent system.
• at least the major component of the solvent system is of low volatility.
• Suitable organic solvent for use herein has the general formula RO (CH 2 C (Me) HO) n H, wherein R is an alkyl, alkenyl, or alkyl aryl group having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms, and n is an integer from 1 to 4.
• R is an alkyl group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and n is 1 or 2.
• R groups are n-butyl or isobutyl.
• Water-soluble CARBITOL solvents are compounds of the 2- (2 alkoxyethoxy) ethanol class wherein the alkoxy group is derived from ethyl, propyl or butyl; a preferred water- soluble carbitol is 2 (2-butoxyethoxy) ethanol also known as
• Water-soluble CELLOSOLVE solvents are compounds of the 2-alkoxyethoxy ethanol class, with 2- butoxyethoxyethanol being preferred.
• Suitable solvents are benzyl alcohol, and diols such as 2-ethyl-l, 3-hexanediol and 2 , 2 , 4-trimethyl-l , 3- pentanediol .
• the low molecular weight, water-soluble, liquid polyethylene glycols are also suitable solvents for use herein.
• alkane mono and diols especially the C 1 -C 6 alkane mono and diols are suitable for use herein.
• C 1 -C 4 monohydric alcohols eg: ethanol, propanol, isopropanol, butanol and mixtures thereof
• ethanol particularly preferred.
• the C 1 -C 4 dihydric alcohols, including propylene glycol, are also preferred. Hydrotropes
• compositions of the invention may also contain water.
• the compositions of the invention may contain hydrotropes, particularly when formulated as aqueous liquids or gels.
• the hydrotrope is typically present at levels of from about 0.5% to about 20%, preferably from about 1% to about 10%, 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.
• This example illustrates the negligible effects of detergent type, water hardness, dishwasher type and wash program, and mode of incorporation on the level of benefits delivered by the essential polymers of this invention added to the dishwashing process.
• the experimental data shown in Table 3 indicate that the essential polymers of the invention are capable of effectively reducing spot formation when used with both nonphosphate and phosphate based automatic dishwashing formulations.
• the data further shows that the essential polymers provide improved glassware appearance over a range of water hardness, mode of incorporation, dishwasher type and wash program.
• the spotting and filming characteristics of a given formulation are known to depend upon the machine dishwasher type and even the wash program chosen.
• the superior performance of the essential polymers of the invention across machine types and wash programs demonstrates the robust nature of its effectiveness. Additionally, as indicated in Table 1, antiscalant polymers are present in both of the detergent formulation used for these tests.
• the essential polymers of this invention clearly provide a glassware appearance benefit superior to any that may be provided by the antiscalant polymers.
• Example 3 demonstrates the effect of the essential polymers of the invention on glass appearance with and without heavy soil loads being present in the wash.

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