Detergent composition

Claim 1

A DETERGENT COMPOSITION CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF FROM ABOUT 30% TO ABOUT 70% OF COMPONENT A, FROM ABOUT 20% TO ABOUT 70% OF COMPONENT B, AND FROM ABOUT 2% TO ABOUT 15% OF COMPONENT C, WHEREIN (A) SAID COMPONENT A IS A MIXTURE OF DOUBLE-BOND POSITIONAL ISOMERS OF WATER SOLUBLE SALTS OF ALKENE-1SULFONIC ACIDS CONTAINING FROM ABOUT 10 TO ABOUT 24 CARBON ATOMS, SAID MIXTURE OF POSITIONAL ISOMERS INCLUDING ABOUT 10% TO ABOUT 25% OF AN ALPHA-BETA UNSATURATED ISOMER, ABOUT 30% TO ABOUT 70% OF A BETA-GAMMA UNSATURATED ISOMER, ABOUT 5% TO ABOUT 25% OF A GAMMA-DELTA UNSATURATED ISOMER, AND ABOUT 5% TO ABOUT 10% OF A DELTAEPSILON UNSATURATED ISOMER; (B) SAID COMPONENT B IS A MIXTURE OF WATER SOLUBLE SALTS OF BIFUNCTIONALLY-SUBSTITUTED SULFUR-CONTAINING SATURATED ALIPHATIC COMPOUNDS CONTAINING FROM ABOUT 10 TO ABOUT 24 CARBON ATOMS, THE FUNCTIONAL UNITS BEING HYDROXY AND SULFONATE RADICALS WITH THE SULFONATE RADICAL ALWAYS BEING ON THE TERMINAL CARBON AND THE HYDROXYL RADICAL BEING ATTACHED TO A CARBON ATOM AT LEAST TWO CARBON ATOMS REMOVED FROM THE TERMINAL CARBON ATOM, AT LEAST 90% OF THE HYDROXY RADICAL SUBSTITUTIONS BEING IN THE 3,4, AND 5 POSITIONS; AND (C) SAID COMPONENT C IS A MIXTURE COMPRISING FROM ABOUT 30-95% WATER SOLUBLE SALTS OF ALKENE DISULFONATES CONTAINING FROM ABOUT 10 TO ABOUT 24 CARBON ATOMS, AND FROM ABOUT 5% TO ABOUT 70% WATER SOLUBLE SALTS OF HYDROXY DISULFONATES CONTAINING FROM ABOUT 10 TO ABOUT 24 CARBON ATOMS, SAID ALKENE DISULFONATES CONTAINING A SULFONATE GROUP ATTACHED TO A TERMINAL CARBON ATOM AND A SECOND SULFONATE GROUP ATTACHED TO AN INTERNAL CARBON ATOM NOT MORE THAT ABOUT SIX CARBON ATOMS REMOVED FROM SAID TERMINAL CARBON ATOM, THE ALKENE DOUBLE BOND BEING DISTRIBUTED BETWEEN THE TERMINAL CARBON ATOM AND ABOUT THE SEVENTH CARBONATOM, SAID HYDROXY DISULFONATES BEING SATURATED ALIPHATIC COMPOUNDS HAVING A SULFONATE RADICAL ATTACHED TO A TERMINAL CARBON, A SECOND SULFONATE GROUP ATTACHED TO AN INTERNAL CARBON ATOM NOT MORE THAN ABOUT SIX CARBON ATOMS REMOVED FROM SAID TERMINAL CARBON ATOM, AND A HYDROXY GROUP ATTACHED TO A CARBON ATOM WHICH IS NOT MORE THAN ABOUT FOUR CARBON ATOMS REMOVED FROM THE SITE OF ATACHEMENT OF SAID SECOND SULFONATE GROUP.