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US3585145A US746274A US3585145DA US3585145A US 3585145 A US3585145 A US 3585145A US 746274 A US746274 A US 746274A US 3585145D A US3585145D A US 3585145DA US 3585145 A US3585145 A US 3585145A
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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 OF THE DISCLOSURE Low to medium sudsing heavy duty detergent compositions containing a soap or non-soap synthetic detergent, a detergent builder and a fluoroalkyl suds suppressing agent.
  • This invention relates to heavy duty detergent compositions. More particularly, the present invention relates to low to medium sudsing built detergent compositions containing a soap or non-soap synthetic detergent to impart good cleaning characteristics and a fiuoralkyl suds suppressing agent to suppress the suds which are created by the active organic detergent at high wash water temperatures; particularly at wash water temperatures in excess of about 160 F.
  • ingredients which are combined in the built detergent formulations of this invention are very briefly described below. These ingredients are all known individually but they have not heretofore been utilized in the manner disclosed in this invention to produce low to medium sudsing heavy duty built detergent compositions.
  • Tumbler type washing machines differ from the conventional top loading automatic washers which are in general use in the United States.
  • the tumblers or rotating drum machines require substantially less water than the top loading automatics. Only about one half to one quarter amount of water is used to operate a tumbler.
  • Most tumblers (particularly those rotating drum machines found throughout Europe) also heat their own water. Cold water is put into the machines from the tap or other water source and is heated either electrically or by gas to the desired temperature. This temperature is generally higher than that of hot water drawn from the faucet. Water used in a tumbler type washing machine is ordinarily heated in the machine to about 160 F. to about 212 F. The hottest hot water tap temperature seldo'm exceeds about 150 F.
  • compositions of this invention are low to medium sudsing heavy-duty detergent compositions designed pri marily for use in tumbler type washing machines.
  • soap as used herein is meant to designate alkali metal soaps and those useful in the present invention are further defined hereinafter.
  • non-soap synthetic detergents useful in the present invention can be selected from the group consisting of anionic, nonionic, zwitterionic and amphoteric detergents.
  • the anionic synthetic detergents can be broadly described as the water-soluble salts, including the alkali metal, ammonium and substituted ammonium salts, of organic sulfuric reaction products having in their molecular structure an alkyl radical containing from about 8 to about 22 carbon atoms and a radical selected from the group consisting of sulfonic acid and sulfuric acid ester radicals.
  • the nonionic synthetic detergents may be broadly defined as compounds produced by condensation of alkylene oxide groups (hydrophilic in nature) with an organic hydrophobic compound which may be aliphatic or alkyl aromatic in nature.
  • the length of thehydrophilic 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.
  • the zwitterionic detergents such as betaines and sultaines and similar compounds are compounds wherein the molecule contains both basic and acidic groups which form within the salt giving the molecule both cationic and anionic hydrophilic groups over a broad range of wash water pH values.
  • the amphoteric detergents can be either cationic or anionic depending upon the pH of the system and are further defined hereinafter.
  • the fluoroalkyl suds suppressors are compounds of the general formula R PO(OM) as fully described hereinafter. Certain of the compounds of the above general formula have been suggested for a variety of purposes including use as leveling agents, as oil repellants, as lubricating agents for aqueous systems and as ingredients in rust preventive formulations.
  • compositions comprise by weight from about 2% to about 30%, and preferably from about 4% to about 15%, of a detergent selected from the aforementioned group consisting of soap and non-soap synthetic detergents and mixtures thereof; from about 2% to about 65%, and preferably from about 6% to about 45% of a detergent builder and from about 0.1% to about 8%, preferably from about 1% to about 3% of a fluoroalkyl suds suppressing agent of the class described herein.
  • the soaps useful in the present invention are the alkali metal soaps such as the sodium and potassium salts of the higher fatty acids of naturally occurring plant or animal esters, e.g., palm oil, coconut oil, babassu oil, soybean oil, castor oil, tallow, whale and fish oils, grease and lard and mixtures thereof.
  • Sodium and potassium soaps can be made by direct saponification of the fats and oils or by the neutralization of the fatty acids which are prepared in a separate manufacturing process.
  • Suitable soaps are the sodium, potassium, ammonium and alkylolammonium salts of higher fatty acids (C -C Particularly useful are the sodium and potassium salts of the mixtures of fatty acids derived from coconut oil and tallow, i.e., sodium or potassium tallow and coconut soap.
  • Synthetic detergents (a) Anionic detergent (excluding true soaps).
  • the anionic synthetic detergents of this present invention are as described above.
  • Important examples of the synthetic detergents which form a part of the preferred compositions of the present invention are the following: as alkali metal (e.g., sodium and potassium) ammonium and substituted ammonium (e.g., lower alkyl ammonium) salts; alkyl sulfates, especially those obtained by sulfating the higher alcohols produced by reducing the glycerides of tallow or coconut oil; random paratfin sulfonates, in which the alkyl group contains from about 8 to about 22 carbon atoms, preferably from about 14 to about 18 carbon atoms, prepared by treating random parafiin hydrocarbons in sulfur dioxide and chlorine in the presence of light followed by treating with a base; branched or linear alkyl benzene sulfonates, in which the alkyl group contains from about 8 to about 18 carbon atoms,
  • Preferred anionics include the alkyl sulfates and the random parafiin sulfonates.
  • Nonionic synthetic deteregnts (b) Nonionic synthetic deteregnts.This class of synthetic detergents may be broadly defined as above.
  • Pluronic a well known class of nonionic synthetic detergents is made available on the market under the trade name of Pluronic. These compounds are formed by condensing ethylene oxide with a hydrophobic base formed by the condensation of propylene oxide with propylene glycol.
  • the hydrophobic portion of the molecule which, of course, exhibits water insolubility has a molecular weight of from about 1500 to 1800.
  • the addition of polyoxyethylene radicals to this hydrophobic portion tends to increase the water solubility of the molecule as a whole and the liquid character of the products is retained up to the point where polyoxyethylene content is about 50% of the total weight of the condensation product.
  • nonionic synthetic detergents include:
  • the polyethylene oxide condensates of alkyl phenols, e.g., the condensation products of alkyl phenols having an alkyl group containing from about 6 to 12 carbon atoms in either a straight chain or branched chain configuration, with ethylene oxide, the said ethylene oxide being present in amounts equal to 10 to moles of ethylene oxideper mole of alkyl phenol.
  • the alkyl substituent in such compounds may be derived from polymerized propylene, diisobutylene, octane, or nonane, for example.
  • R R R N+O Long chain tertiary amine oxides corresponding to the following general formula, R R R N+O, wherein R contains an alkyl, alkenyl or monohydroxy alkyl radical of from about 8 to about 18 carbon atoms, from 0 to about 10 ethylene oxide moieties, and from 0 to 1 glyceryl moiety, and R and R contain from 1 to about 3 carbon atoms and from 0 to about 1 hydroxy group, e.g., methyl, ethyl, propyl, hydroxy ethyl, or hydroxy propyl radicals.
  • amine oxides suitable for use in this invention include dimethyldodecyl amine oxide, oleyldi(2-hydroxyethyl) amine oxide, dimethyloctylamine oxide, dimethyldecylamine, oxide dimethyltetradecylamine oxide, 3,6,9-trioxaheptadecyldiethylamine oxide, di(2-hydroxyethyl) tetradecylamine oxide, 2-dodecoxy ethyl dimethylamine oxide, 3- dodecoxy-Z-hydroxy propyl di(3-hydroxypropyl) amine oxide, dimethylhexadecylamine oxide.
  • R contains an alkyl, alkenyl, or hydroxy alkyl radical of from about 8 to about 18 carbon atoms, from 0 to about 10 ethylene oxide moieties and from O to 1 glyceryl moiety;
  • Y is selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, phosphorous, and sulfur atoms;
  • R is an alkyl or monohydroxy alkyl group containing 1 to about 3 carbon atoms;
  • x is 1 when y is a sulfur atom and 2 when Y is a nitrogen or phosphorous atom,
  • R is an alkylene or hydroxy alkylene of from 1 to about 4 carbon atoms and
  • Z is a radical selected from the group consisting of carboxylate, sulfonate, sulfate, phosphonate, and phosphate groups.
  • Amphoteric synthetic detergents This group of detergents can be broadly described as derivatives of aliphatic secondary and tertiary amines in which the aliphatic radical can be straight chain 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, sulfonate, sulfate, phosphate, or phosphonate.
  • Examples of compounds falling within this definition are sodium 3-dodecylaminopropionate, sodium 3-dodecylaminopropane sulfonate, dodecyl-beta-alamine, N-alkyltaurines such as the one prepared by reacting dodecylamine with sodium isethionate according to the teaching of US. 2,658,072, N-higher alkyl aspartic acids such as those produced according to the teaching of US. 2,438,091, and the products sold under the trade name Mirano and described in US. Pat. 2,528,378.
  • detergent builders useful in the present invention are water-soluble inorganic alkaline builder salts and organic alkaline sequestering builder salts and mixtures thereof as described and illustrated below.
  • water soluble inorganic alkaline builder salts which are used in the compositions of this invention include the sodium, potassium, ammonium and substituted ammonium salts of the alkali metal carbonates, borates, phosphates, condensed polyphosphates, bicarbonates and silicates.
  • Specific examples of such salts are the sodium and potassium tripolyphosphates, carbonates, tetraborates, pyrophosphates, orthophosphates, bicarbonates and hexametaphosphates.
  • organic alkaline builder salts examples include the alkali metal, ammonium or substituted ammonium aminopolycarboxylates; for example: sodium and potassium N-(s-hydroxyethyl)-ethylenediaminetriacetates and sodium and potassium nitrilotriacetates.
  • alkali metal, ammonium or substituted ammonium aminopolycarboxylates for example: sodium and potassium N-(s-hydroxyethyl)-ethylenediaminetriacetates and sodium and potassium nitrilotriacetates.
  • Other valuable polycarboxylate builders are the sodium and potassium salts of polymaleate, polyitaconate, and polyacrylate.
  • the alkali metal salts of phytic acid are also suitable builders.
  • the polyphosphonates which can be used as builders for the compositions of this invention include compounds exemplified by the following: sodium and potassium salts of ethane-l-hydroxy-l, l-diphosphonate, sodium and potassium salts of methylene and ethylenediphosphonates as well as the alkali metal salts of such compounds.
  • Fluoroalkyl suds suppressing agent The fluoroalkyl compounds useful in the present invention as suds suppressing agents have the following general formula:
  • the fluoroalkyl suds suppressors of the present invention can be utilized alone or in combination and include both the free acid and water soluble salt forms.
  • fiuoroalkyl suds suppressors refers to both the acid and water soluble salt forms.
  • Operable salts include the alkali metal (e.g., sodium and potassium), ammonium and substituted ammonium (e.g., mono-, di-, and triethanolammonium) salts.
  • Preferred compounds of this class contain in their alkyl structure a straight chain of at least 2 carbon atoms and not less than 4 fluorine atoms. Examples of such preferred structures include the following:
  • fluoroalkyl suds suppressing agents of the present invention are compounds commercially available from E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company under the trade name Zonyl. Additional ex amples of operable fluoroalkyl suds suppressors and methods for their preparation, are disclosed by Benning in U.S. Pat. 2,559,749 and by Brace and MacKenZie in US. Pat. 3,083,224, said patents being incorporated herein by reference.
  • the fiuoroalkyl suds suppressing agents can be used in amounts ranging from about 0.1% to about 8.0% by weight of the total composition. Amounts of less than about 0.1% do not give desirable suds suppressing effects whereas amounts greater than 8% do not appear to produce any greater effect than is attainable with lesser concentrations, thus utilization of such higher amounts is uneconomical and serves no purpose. Preferably the amount is from about 1% to about 3%.
  • a preferred embodiment of the present invention contains from about 1% to about 50% by weight of a per compound bleaching agent, such as sodium perborate.
  • the per compound bleaching agent imparts a high level of cleaning and bleaching power to the compositions particularly when used in conjunction with the builder materials described above.
  • Other per compounds which can be used in place of the sodium perborate or in addition thereto include compounds such as sodium percarbonate and sodium persulfate.
  • the potassium and substituted ammonium salts can also be used.
  • the per compounds derive their bleaching power from the release of active oxygen in solution.
  • Sodium perborate is the preferred per compound bleaching agent. From about %to about is the preferred range of usage of the per compound bleaching agent.
  • a further preferred embodiment includes in the detergent part of the compositions of the present invention from about 0.5% to about 6%, preferably from about 1% to about 3% of a nonionic condensation product.
  • a nonionic condensation product aids in reducing the suds level.
  • the compounds are the condensation product of aliphatic alcohols having from about 12 to about 22 carbon atoms, in either a straight chain or a branched chain configuration, with ethylene oxide.
  • a typical example is a tallow alcohol-ethylene oxide condensate having from about 5 to about 30 moles (or up to about moles) of ethylene oxide per mole of tallow alcohol.
  • Preferred compounds include tallow alcohol-ethylene oxide condensation product containing 11 moles of ethylene oxide per mole of tallow alcohol.
  • the term tallow as used herein and in the accompanying examples indicates a carbon chain length distribution approximately as follows: 2.5% C 28%C 23%C 2% palmitoleic, 41.5% oleic and 3% linoleic (the first three fatty acids are saturated).
  • coconut for example, in a coconut alcohol-ethylene oxide condensation product
  • coconut alcohol-ethylene oxide condensation product applies to a distribution of carbon chain lengths which is approximately as follows: 8%03, 7%C10, 48%012, 17% 14! 9%C16, C 7% oleic and 2% linoleic (the first six fatty acids listed are saturated).
  • compositions of this invention it is essential that the proportion of the ingredients set forth above be observed.
  • the principal object of this invention is observed, i.e., control of the sudsing level attributed in part to sudsing of the organic detergent ingredient which is aggravated by oxygen evolution from any per compound bleaching agent employed in the system.
  • the suds control mechanism of the fluoroalkyl suds suppressor is not materially affected by the water hardness. It is well known that most prior art suds suppressor agents, such as fatty acids and fatty acid soaps lose some of their effectiveness in hard water.
  • An additional advantage of the present invention is the excellent whiteness maintenance that the compositions provide. Many suds suppressors are insoluble and deposit on articles washed with compositions containing them leading, to a decrease in the whiteness of the articles.
  • the compositions of this invention containing the fluoroalkyl suds suppressing agents indicate no such deposition problems.
  • compositions of this invention are preferably employed in the form of complete detergent formulations.
  • complete detergent formulations can be prepared in any of several forms including granular, flake, liquid or tablet.
  • compositions can contain particulate inorganic salts which are inert to the formula to act as fillers.
  • examples of such salts include sodium sulfate and sodium chloride.
  • compositions of the present invention can also con tain adjuvants, diluents, soil suspending agents such as carboxymethylcellulose and additives including germicidal agents, enzymes, anti-tarnishing agents, optical brightners and dyes.
  • additional miscellaneous ingredients can be employed in amounts about 10% by weight of the composition.
  • compositions of this invention can be prepared in any suitable manner as long as the proportions set forth herein are followed. Numerous methods are known in the art for preparing such compositions; for instance, ingredients can be mechanically admixed, spray-dried or agglomerated according to the stated proportions.
  • the evaluation procedure to which reference is made in the following examples is a method which was developed to determine the suds profile of low sudsing detergent formulations. These tests are conducted in four smaller than normal (about scale), specially designed, horizontally rotating drum washing machines which operate simultaneously and simulate as closely as possible the agitation, temperature control, product concentration, and water conditions of an actual tumbler type washing machine in operation. The machines are so designed (with a transparent front) that the suds heights and water temperatures can be visually observed and recorded throughout any specific test. Cloths to be tested are worn by panelists and distributed so that equal amounts of naturally soiled fabrics are washed in each machine. The load comprises two T-shirts weighing about 200 grams and nine socks weighing about 200 grams.
  • a standard test includes two periods which differ only in temperature and concentration of the detergent compositions. The temperatures are higher and the concentrations greater in the second period. During the first washing period lasting ten minutes, the water temperature is raised from 60 F. to about F. by the heaters which are built into the machine. A portion of the wash solution is then removed from the machines and replaced by an equal quantity of hard water and a weight of detergent composition equal to the amount added for the first period. This represents the second period as referred to below and the temperature is raised to about F.
  • the suds levels and temperatures are recorded at least every two minutes. In this way the actual use and fall, if any, of the suds in response to the soil load, water hardness, product formulation, and increase in temperature can be observed. It takes approximately twenty minutes after the second period is begun for the water in the machines to reach 190 F.
  • the machines are designed to be operated with about three liters of water. Soft water is adjusted to the desired hardness, about 15 grains per gallon, by the A detergent composition containing the following ingredients was prepared in the manner explained below.
  • the sudsing characteristics of this composition were determined in the laundry screening test as described above. Temperature and suds heights were taken at two minute intervals during the second period and the results recorded. In conducting the test, 18 grams of the above composition were added to three liters of water containing about 400 grams of naturally soiled cloths. A ten minute first period was followed by replacement of 1.2 liters of the solution with an equal amount of clean hard water and an additional 18 grams of the detergent composition. Heat and agitation were supplied for a second period of 40 minutes. The hardness of the water was adjusted to gr./liter by the addition of calcium chloride.
  • the term average indicates that a mixture of suds suppressing agents was utilized. This suds suppressing mixture was added to the powdered ingredients of the basic detergent composition in a methanol solution and the methanol allowed to evaporate completely before the testing began.
  • Table 1 shows the elfect of the suds suppressing agents of the present invention. (In Table I and subsequent tables, the suds heights are reported at equal temperature intervals rather than the two minute intervals at which they were recorded to permit a more direct comparison of the results.)
  • Table I shows the suds suppressing effect of the detergent compositions containing the suds suppressing agents over the detergent compositions that do not contain these agents.
  • Table II clearly shows the advantageous effect of the detergent compositions containing the suds suppressing agents.
  • a nonion'ic condensation product e.g., tallow alcohol-ethylene oxide condensation product containing an average of 11 moles of ethylene oxide
  • a further reduction in suds height is noted.
  • Example I containing the fiuoroalkyl suds suppressing agent when any of the following detergents are P substituted on an equal weight basis for the sodium salt of tallow alkyl sulfate in Example 1:
  • Example I i.e., low to medium sudsing and good cleaning when the sodium perborate tetrahydrate is replaced on an equal weight basis by sodium percarbonate or sodium persulfate.
  • EXAMPLE II The detergent composition set forth below was prepared in the manner described in Example I and the sudsing characteristics evaluated by the same laundry screening test.
  • the suds suppressing agent utilized was H (CF CH -OPO (OH 2 when H (CF 7CH2 OPO (OH) 2 are substituted on an equal weight basis for the fluoroalkyl suds suppressing agent of Example II substantially equivalent suds suppressing results are obtained.
  • the detergent composition described below was prepared in the manner described in Example I.
  • the detergent composition described below was prepared in the manner described in Example I.
  • a special embodiment of the present invention comprises the use of a non-soap synthetic detergent as the detergent component of the composition.
  • a low to medium-sudsing laundry detergent composition consisting essentially of, by Weight, from about 2% to about 30% of a detergent selected from the group consisting of alkali metal soaps; anionic, non-soap synthetic detergents; nonionic, non-soap synthetic detergents; zwitterionic, non-soap synthetic detergents and amphoteric, non-soap synthetic detergents; from about 2% to about 65% of a detergent builder selected from the group consisting of water-soluble inorganic alkaline builder salts, organic alkaline sequestering builder salts and mixtures thereof; and from about 0.1% to about 8% of a fluoroalkyl suds suppressing agent of the general formula wherein R is selected from the group consisting of 3.
  • composition of claim 2 wherein the fluoroalkyl suds suppressing agent is H'(CF CH -OPO (OH) 2 4.
  • non-soap 1 1- synthetic detergent is the sodium salt of an alkyl sulfate wherein the alkyl group contains from about 8 to about 18 carbon atoms and mixtures thereof.
  • composition of claim 1 wherein the non-soap synthetic detergent is the sodium salt of a random paraffin sulfonate containing an average of from about 10 to about 20 carbon atoms.
  • composition of claim 1 wherein the detergent is a mixture of tallow and coconut soaps in a ratio of about 4:1.
  • composition of claim 1 containing from about 1% to about 50% by weight of a per compound bleaching agent selected from the group consisting of sodium perborate, sodium percarbonate, sodium persulfate, potassum perborate, potassium percarbonate, potassium persulfate, substituted ammonium perborate, substituted ammonium percarbonate and substituted ammonium persulfate.
  • a per compound bleaching agent selected from the group consisting of sodium perborate, sodium percarbonate, sodium persulfate, potassum perborate, potassium percarbonate, potassium persulfate, substituted ammonium perborate, substituted ammonium percarbonate and substituted ammonium persulfate.
  • composition of claim 10 wherein the per compound bleaching agent is sodium perborate and the builder is sodium tripolyphosphate.
  • composition of claim 1 wherein the detergent is a mixture of detergents containing from about 0.5% to about 6% by weight of the nonionic condensation product of alcohols having from 8 to 18 carbon atoms with 1030 moles of ethylene oxide.

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