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Bleach compositions and process for making same
Assignee: Lever Brothers Co
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Filing: 1989-01-03
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Granted: 1990-04-17
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Expires: 2009-01-03
Abstract
Abstract Dry, granular bleach compositions comprising an organic peroxycarboxylic acid as the active bleaching agent are obtained by cogranulating the acid with a strongly alkaline, hydratable inorganic or organic salt. These cogranulates show a reduced tendency to decompose or detonate. A typical cogranulate is made from diperoxydodecanedioic acid and dibasic sodium orthophosphate with seven moles of water of hydration. The cogranulates are useful as bleach ingredients in detergent and cleaning compositions.
Inventors
- 👤 Jeffrey N. Foster
- 👤 William M. Karpusiewicz
- 👤 Charles F. Irwin
- 👤 Hien T. Pham
- 👤 Michael P. Aronson
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 11:52
CPC Classifications
C; C11; C11D; C11D3/00; C11D3/39; C11D3/3945
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
68 words
A cogranulate comprising 1-45% by weight of an aliphatic organic peroxyacid and 99-35% by weight of an alkaline, hydratable alkalimetal inorganic or organic salt, said salt having a pH of at least 8.5 at a concentration of 1% in distilled water at 25° C., and said cogranulate being formed in a process wherein all water employed therein is taken up by said hydratable salt as water of hydration.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
68 words
A cogranulate comprising 1-45% by weight of an aliphatic organic peroxyacid and 99-35% by weight of an alkaline, hydratable alkalimetal inorganic or organic salt, said salt having a pH of at least 8.5 at a concentration of 1% in distilled water at 25° C., and said cogranulate being formed in a process wherein all water employed therein is taken up by said hydratable salt as water of hydration.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
14 words
A cogranulate according to claim 1, wherein the aliphatic organic peroxyacid is diperoxydodecanedioic acid.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
33 words
A cogranulate according to claim 1, wherein the alkaline, hydratable alkalimetal inorganic or organic salt has a pH of at least 9.0 at a concentration of 1% in distilled water at 25° C.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
30 words
A cogranulate according to claim 1 wherein the alkaline hydratable alkalimetal inorganic salt is selected from the group consisting of sodium dibasic orthophosphate, sodium carbonate, sodium tetraborate, and sodium perborate.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
36 words
A cogranulate according to claim 1, prepared from an aliphatic organic peroxyacid with a particle size greater than 0.009 micrometers and a granular, alkaline hydratable salt having a crystal particle size of 50 to 1000 micrometers.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
104 words
A particulate detergent and bleaching composition comprising from 1 to 40% of at least one detergent-active compound, up to 50% by weight of at least one builder and a bleaching agent, wherein the bleaching agent is a cogranulate of 1-45% by weight of an aliphatic organic peroxyacid and 99-35% by weight of an alkaline, hydratable alkalimetal inorganic or organic salt, said salt having a pH of at least 8.5 at a concentration of 1% in distilled water at 25° C. and said cogranulate being formed in a process wherein all water employed therein is taken up by said hydratable salt as water of hydration.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
104 words
A particulate detergent and bleaching composition comprising from 1 to 40% of at least one detergent-active compound, up to 50% by weight of at least one builder and a bleaching agent, wherein the bleaching agent is a cogranulate of 1-45% by weight of an aliphatic organic peroxyacid and 99-35% by weight of an alkaline, hydratable alkalimetal inorganic or organic salt, said salt having a pH of at least 8.5 at a concentration of 1% in distilled water at 25° C. and said cogranulate being formed in a process wherein all water employed therein is taken up by said hydratable salt as water of hydration.
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