Claims
- 1. A stable, pourable, spherulitic structured surfactant composition consisting ofwater, more than 25% up to 80% by weight of the composition, of a total of surfactant, said surfactant selected from the group consisting of anionic, non-ionic, amphoteric surfactants and mixtures thereof, greater than 15% by weight up to saturation of an electrolyte to form with said surfactant and water, a flocculated viscous or unstable spherulitic structured system; 0.005 to 5% weight of a stabilizer which is a hydrophilic polymer group having a mass greater than 300 amu, which is soluble in said composition, and is a C6-20 alkyl polyglycoside having a degree of polymerization greater than 1.2 up to 10, said stabilizer being present to provide less flocculated, less viscous or more stable composition, and said stabilizer being part of the total surfactant; and optionally, 15 to 30% by weight of said composition of a builder selected from the group consisting of sequestrants, complexants, ion exchangers and precipitants, wherein said composition has a viscosity at 21 sec−1 shear rate of from about 0.3 Pas to less than 1.6 Pas, and wherein said electrolyte may act as said builder in said composition.
- 2. A composition according to claim 1 wherein said builder is present in the composition.
- 3. A composition according to claim 2 wherein at least part of said builder is present as solid suspended in the composition.
- 4. The composition of claim 2, wherein said builder is a sequestrant or complexant selected from the group consisting of sodium tripolyphosphate, potassium pyrophosphate, trisodium phosphate, sodium ethylene diamine tetra-acetate, sodium citrate and sodium nitrilotriacetate.
- 5. The composition of claim 2, wherein said builder is an ion exchanger consisting essentially of a zeolite.
- 6. The composition of claim 2, wherein said builder is a precipitant selected from the group consisting of sodium carbonate, potassium carbonate and sodium silicate.
- 7. The composition of claim 2, wherein said composition has a viscosity of 21 sec−1 shear rate of from about 0.3 Pas to less than 1.2 Pas.
Priority Claims (4)
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9309475 |
May 1993 |
GB |
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9312195 |
Jun 1993 |
GB |
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9321142 |
Oct 1993 |
GB |
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9406678 |
Apr 1994 |
GB |
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Parent Case Info
This application is a Continuation of application Ser. No. 08/538,188, filed Aug. 23, 1995, abandoned, which is a Continuation application of Ser. No. 08/239,285 filed May 6, 1994, abandoned.
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