Claims
- 1. An aqueous liquid detergent composition having suspending properties which comprises:
- (1) from 5 to 50% by weight of detergent-active mixture consisting essentially of:
- (a) a detergent-active material selected from the group consisting of nonionic detergent-active materials and anionic derivatives of polyalkoxylated nonionic detergent-active materials, and
- (b) a detergent-active material selected from the group consisting of anionic detergent-active materials other than component (a) and cationic detergent-active materials, the weight ratio between component (a) and component (b) being within the range of 1:5 to 1:1;
- (2) from 3 to 50% by weight of one or more salting-out electrolytes selected from the group consisting of the alkali metal and ammonium orthophosphates, -pyrophosphates, -tripolyphosphates, -silicates, -borates, -carbonates, -sulphates, -citrates, -nitrilotriacetates and -carboxymethyloxysuccinates in an amount that would cause the component (1) surfactants to salt out during a storage period of 14 days or less in the absence of component (3); and
- (3) from 0.1 to 30% by weight of a stabilizing compound or mixture of stabilizing compounds selected from the group consisting of:
- (I) anionic alkylpolyalkyleneoxide derivatives having the formula
- Y--(CH.sub.2).sub.p --[O--(CH.sub.2).sub.n ].sub.z --O--(CH.sub.2).sub.q --X,
- (II) anionic di(alkylpolyalkyleneoxide) derivatives having the formula: ##STR5## (III) anionic di(alkylpolyalkyleneoxide) derivatives having the formula: ##STR6## in which X is a salt of a mono-valent oxygen-containing anionic group, Y is hydrogen or a salt of a mono-valent oxygen-containing anionic group, Z is a phosphate or phosphonate salt, R is C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkynyl, q is 0-4, p is 0-4, z is 4-10, x is 0-10, y is 0-10 and x+y is 4-10 and n is 2-3, said stabilizing compound being present in an amount sufficient to prevent phase separation for a storage period of at least 60 days.
- 2. Composition according to claim 1 wherein n is 2.
- 3. Composition according to claim 1 wherein z is 4-10.
- 4. Composition according to claim 1 wherein q is 0 the end-standing group O--X being a sulphate.
- 5. Composition according to claim 1 wherein X is a carboxylate salt.
- 6. Composition according to claim 5 wherein q is 1-2.
- 7. Composition according to claim 1 wherein Y is hydrogen.
- 8. Composition according to claim 1 which comprises from 0.3 to 15% by weight of component (3).
- 9. Composition according to claim 1 which comprises from 5 to 35% by weight of detergent-active material and from 3 to 50% by weight of a salting-out electrolyte.
- 10. Composition according to claim 1 wherein the electrolytes are selected from sodium tripolyphosphate, sodium (di)-silicate and mixtures thereof.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 697,827, filed Feb. 4, 1985, now abandoned.
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