GB2203164A - Washing process for textiles with addition of acid donor - Google Patents

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GB2203164A
GB2203164A GB08808126A GB8808126A GB2203164A GB 2203164 A GB2203164 A GB 2203164A GB 08808126 A GB08808126 A GB 08808126A GB 8808126 A GB8808126 A GB 8808126A GB 2203164 A GB2203164 A GB 2203164A
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    • C11ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
    • C11DDETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
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    • C11ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
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    • C11ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
    • C11DDETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
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Abstract

In a process for washing textile goods in which the pH of the wash liquor is initially alkaline (e.g. pH 9.5-10.5), the improvement consists in adding an "acid donor" (see below) at the beginning of, or during, the wash cycle so that the alkalinity is lowered (e.g. to a final pH 7.5-9). This reduces the deposition of calcium compounds, and gives a softer handle to the washed goods, especially when using detergent containing softeners. Also disclosed is a laundry detergent in powder form containing "acid donor" in the form of a non-hygroscopic powder. "Acid Donor" is defined as a substance which is itself neutral but is hydrolysed by water to give an organic acid or salt thereof. Examples include lactones (e.g. of poly- alpha -hydroxyacrylic acid) and esters (e.g. ethylene glycol lactate, or the reaction product of ethylene oxide and formic acid).

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WASHING PROCESS FCR TEXTILES The invention relates to a process for the washing of textile substrates.
For a good washing effect, the wash liquor must be alkaline, and is usually adjusted to a pH of approximately 10-10.5. Detergent canpositions often contain buffers to keep the wash liquor in this pH region throughout the entire wash cycle. However, under alkaline conditions hard water gives rise to deposits of calcium carbonate which adversely affect the handle of the washed goods and can disrupt the functioning of the washing machine by formation of a hard crust on heating elements and other parts. Attempts have been made to counteract this problem by adding acidic substances during the wash cycle, but it is difficult to select the right manent for such an addition, and it is troublesane, especially for the housewife, to have to interrupt the wash cycle to add acid.
European patent application 94 723 describes a process in which organic acids are added in a form which avoids reaction with other ccmponents of the detergent ccmposition and ensures that the pH value remains between 5 and 8 during the entire wash cycle.
According to the present invention, there is provided a process for washing textile goods in which the pH of the wash liquor is initially in the alkaline range and is lowered during the wash cycle by the addition of an acid donor.
Preferably, the pH is lowered by up to 4 pH units to a value not less than pH 6, more preferably it is lowered by up to 2 pH units to a value not less than pH 7. Preferably the initial pH is in the range 9.5-10.5, and preferably the final pH is in the range 7.5-9.
By an acid donor is meant a substance which itself is neutral, but which is hydrolysed in water to give rise to an organic acid or, under alkaline conditions, to the salt of such an acid, thereby lowering the pH of the aqueous medium containing the acid donor.
Suitable acid donors include lactones of aliphatic -, ss-, g - or -hydroxycarboxylic acids, particularly t-butyrolactone or the polylactone of poXy-o(-hydroxyacrylic acid; acetins; and esters, for example trialkyl citrates or, preferably, an ester of formula I
in which R is hydrogen, C1-3 alkyl or C13 hydroxyalkyl, R' has, independently, one of the significances of R or is a group -CQR, A is -CH2CH2-, -CH2CH2CH2-,
and p is number frcm 1-20, which may be a non-integral average number R is preferably hydrogen, methyl or CH3CHOH-;; R' is preferably hydrogen, formyl or CH3CHOHCO It may be necessary to carry cut tests to determine the optimum quantity of acid donor required to give the desired final pH value; this will depend on various factors including the alkalinity, quantity and buffer capacity of the detergent used. Such tests are however routine and will not require any inventive ingenuity.
Normally, quantities of from 1 to 4 g acid donor per litre of wash liquor will be sufficient.
The acid donor may be added together with the detergent at the beginning of the wash cycle, and this method of operation is preferred. It is, however, also possible to add the acid donor during the wash cycle.
In either case, the pH of the wash liquor should preferably remain above pH 8 during the heating phase and at the beginning of the washing phase of the wash cycle, and sink to a value of pH 8 or below by the end of the cycle.
The detergent ctmposition used may be any conventional laundry detergent in liquid or powder form, which may contain conventional canponents for example builders, surfactants, bleaching agents, carriers, softerners, antimicrobial agents, enzymes, optical brighteners and perfumes. The process of the present invention is particularly advantageous when the detergent contains a conventional softener.
The acid donor used may be a liquid or a solid. If it is a solid and can be obtained as a non-hygroscopic powder, as for example polyhydroxyacrylic acid lactone, it may advantageously be mixed with a detergent which is in powder form. According to a further aspect of the invention, therefore, there is provided a laundry detergent in powder form containing fran 5 to 35 percent by weight of an acid donor in the form of a non-hygroscopic powder. Such a detergent preferably contains a conventional softener, and preferably does not contain a buffer system.
The washing of soiled textile goods in the presence of an acid donor, according to the invention, may be carried out in conventional manner at the usual range of temperatures. The process is suitable for both danestic and industrial laundering. After the wash cycle the goods are rinsed in conventional manner.
The lowering of the pH during the wash cycle reduces the deposition of calcium compounds, and gives a softer handle to the washed goods. The effect on handle is particularly noteworthy when detergents containing softeners are used.
The following Examples, in which all temperatures are in degrees centigrade, illustrate the invention.
Example 1 A 100 g sample of a cotton test fabric, soiled with 4.75 g of a fat/oil mixture, is washed together with 4 Kg of textile ballast in a washing machine, using 10 1 of water of 18 dH hardness. A 600 wash cycle is selected, and 8 g/l of a standard commercial powder detergent, containing a fabric softener, is added together with 1 g/1 of the reaction product of 1.7 moles ethylene oxide with 1 mole of 85% formic acid. The wash cycle at 600 is complete after 23 minutes, and the goods are then rinsed and dried.
The pH value at the start of the wash cycle immediately after addition of acid donor is 9.3 and at the end is 8.8.
When 2 g/l of the acid donor are used, the final pH is 7.6, and when 4 g/l are added, a final pH of 6.5 is reached.
A clean wash with soft handle is obtained.
When the wash cycle is carried out without addition of acid donor the initial and final pH values are 10 and 9.6 respectively.
Example 2 The process of Example 1 is repeated using as acid donor ethylene glycol lactate. the final pH values are: 1 g/l, 9.2; 2 g/l, 8.6; 4 g/l, 8.1.
Example 3 The process of Example 1 is repeated using as acid donor poly-ct -hydroxyacrylic acid lactone in powder form. 0.5 g/l gives a final pH of 9.2, 1 g/l 8.7 and 2 g/l 7.7.
Example 4 A solid detergent ccmposition containing an acid donor in powder form canprises the following ingredients: 8.0 parts sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate 2.9 parts ethoxylated(l4)tallow alcohol 3.5 parts sodium stearate 20.0 parts zeolite 5.0 parts sodium nitrilotriacetate 7.5 parts sodium silicate (SiO2/Na20=3,3/1) 1.9 parts magnesium silicate 1.2 parts carboxymethylcellulose 0.5 parts sodium ethylenediamine tetraacetate 21.2 parts sodium sulfate 8.0 parts distearyldimethylammonium chloride (75% solution) 12.5 parts polylactone of poly-d(-hydroxyacrylic acid 7.8 parts water 100.0 parts.
Example 5 The process of Example 1 is repeated using the solid detergent ccmposition of Example 4. The pH value at the start of the wash cycle is 9.7 and at the end is 7.3.

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Claims:
1. A process for washing textile goods in which the pH of the wash liquor is initially in the alkaline range and is lowered during the wash cycle by the addition of an acid donor.
2. A process according to Claim 1 in which the pH is lowered by up to 4 units to a value not less than pH 6.
3. A process according to Claim 2 in which the pH is lowered by up to 2 units to a value not less than pH 7.
4. A process according to any one of Claims 1-3 in which the initial pH is in the range 9.5-10.5 and in which the final pH is in the range 7.5-9.
5. A process according to any one of the preceding claims in which the acid donor is selected frcm the group consisting of lactones of aliphatic i -, r γ- or -hydroxycarboxylic acids, acetins and esters.
6. A process according to Claim 5 in which the acid donor is the polylactone of poly--hydroxyacrylic acid.
7. A process according to Claim 5 in which the acid donor is an ester of formula I
in which R is hydrogen, C13 alkyl or C13 hydroxyalkyl, R' has, independently, one of the significances of R or is a group -COR, A is -CH2CH2-, -CH2CH2CH2-,
and p is number fran 1-20, which may be a non-integral average number.
8. A process according to Claim 1 in which the acid donor is added together -with the detergent at the beginning of the wash cycle.
9. A process according to Claim 8 in which the acid donor is part of the detergent canposition in powder form.
10. A process for washing textile goods as described in any one of Examples 1-5.
11. A laundry detergent in powder form containing fran 5 to 35 percent by weight of an acid donor in the form of a non-hygroscopic powder.
12. A laundry detergent according to Claim 11 which also contains a conventional softener.
13. A laundry detergent according to Claim 11 which d does s not contain a buffer system.
14. A laundry detergent according to any one of Claims 11-13 in which the acid donor is the polylactone of poly-c(-hydroxyacrylic acid.
15. A laundry detergent as described in any one of Examples 1-5.
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