Claims
- 1. A liquid, bleach containing detergent composition comprising anionic surfactants and having a pH of at least 9.5, said composition comprising, by weight of the composition, an amount of a solid, water-soluble peroxygen compound, suspended in a liquid phase which comprises a solvent system comprising water and at least one lower aliphatic monoalcohol water-miscible organic solvent wherein the ratio of water to water-miscible organic solvent is from 5:1 to 1:2, characterized in that an amount of available oxygen is dissolved in the liquid phase which is not greater than 0.5% by weight of the liquid phase and corresponds to not more than one fifth of the amount of peroxygen compound of the composition.
- 2. A liquid detergent composition according to claim 1 wherein the amount of available oxygen dissolved in the liquid phase corresponds to not more than one tenth of the amount of peroxygen compound.
- 3. A liquid detergent composition according to claim 1, wherein the water-miscible organic solvent is ethanol.
- 4. A liquid detergent composition according to claim 1, wherein the solid, water-soluble peroxygen compound is a perborate.
- 5. A liquid detergent composition according to claim 1 containing less than 4% fatty acid.
- 6. A liquid detergent according to claim 1 composition comprising, from 5% to 40% of a builder selected from dodecenyl succinic acid; tetradecenyl succinic acid; dodecyl succinic acid; an 80:20 mixture of tartrate monosuccinate and tartrate disuccinate; citric acid; and mixtures thereof.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/870,722, filed on Apr. 13, 1992, now abandoned, which is a continuation of Ser. No. 07/420,653, filed Oct. 11, 1989, now abandoned, which is a continuation of Ser. No. 07/197,874 filed May 24, 1984, now abandoned.
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Continuations (3)
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