US4308158A
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Detergent and cleaning compositions containing polymeric phosphate builders
Assignee: Hoechst AG
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Filing: 1979-05-07
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Granted: 1981-12-29
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Expires: 1999-05-07
Abstract
Abstract The invention provides cleaning and detergent compositions containing about: 5 to 30 weight % of a surfactant and 10 to 30 weight % of a builder mixture consisting of alkali metal orthophosphate, alkali metal pyrophosphate, alkali metal tripolyphosphate and alkali metal melt phosphate, wherein the ratio by weight of the sum of orthophosphate, pyrophosphate and tripolyphosphate to melt phosphate is about 30:1 to 1:30, the ratio by weight of orthophosphate to pyrophosphate is about 10:1 to 1:10, and the ratio by weight of orthophosphate to tripolyphosphate is about 20:1 to 1:20, the balance being detergent auxiliaries and addends.
Inventors
- 👤 Werner Gohla
- 👤 Klaus Hestermann
- 👤 Joachim Kandler
- 👤 Horst-Dieter Wasel-Nielen
- 👤 Karl Merkenich
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 02:23
CPC Classifications
C; C11; C11D; C11D3/00; C11D3/02; C11D3/04; C11D3/06
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
118 words
Detergent and cleaning composition containing about 5 to 30 weight % of a surfactant selected from the group consisting of anionic, nonionic, ampholytic and amphoteric detergents 3 to 8 weight % of alkali metal orthophosphate, 0.5 to 1 weight % of alkali metal pyrophosphate, 1 to 5 weight % of alkali metal tripolyphosphate, and 20 to 25 weight % of a phosphate having a degree of condensation higher than 3 and containing 4 to 1000 PO 3 units in the molecule as builder mixture, the balance being detergent auxiliaries and addends comprising alkali metal or ammonium salts of sulfuric acid, silicic acid, carbonic acid, boric acid, bleaching agents, stabilizers for peroxide compounds and water soluble organic complex formers.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
118 words
Detergent and cleaning composition containing about 5 to 30 weight % of a surfactant selected from the group consisting of anionic, nonionic, ampholytic and amphoteric detergents 3 to 8 weight % of alkali metal orthophosphate, 0.5 to 1 weight % of alkali metal pyrophosphate, 1 to 5 weight % of alkali metal tripolyphosphate, and 20 to 25 weight % of a phosphate having a degree of condensation higher than 3 and containing 4 to 1000 PO 3 units in the molecule as builder mixture, the balance being detergent auxiliaries and addends comprising alkali metal or ammonium salts of sulfuric acid, silicic acid, carbonic acid, boric acid, bleaching agents, stabilizers for peroxide compounds and water soluble organic complex formers.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
15 words
Composition as claimed in claim 1, containing 15 to 25 weight% of the builder mixture.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
42 words
Composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein the phosphate having a degree of condensation higher than 3 contains 4 to 200 PO 3 units in the molecule, corresponding to a P 2 O 5 content of about 60 to 69.5 weight %.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
25 words
Composition as claimed in claim 1, containing, as the surfactant, dodecylbenzenesulfonate, hardened tallow soap and/or tallow fatty alcohol ethoxylated with 11 mols of ethylene oxide.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
32 words
Composition as claimed in claim 1, containing the builder mixture together with a 1 to 20 weight% proportion of zeolite grade A or a 1 to 7 weight% proportion of poly-α-hydroxyacrylic acid.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
10 words
Composition as claimed in claim 1 prepared by hot spray-drying.
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