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John O Hudson

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Bin Lin

Charles W Lutz

Pamela Lam

Martina Seiler

Natalie Mast

John H Barrett

A liquid surfactant composition can include a C-Calkylbenzene sulfonate, a nonionic surfactant, and an anionic surfactant. The anionic surfactant can include a first alcohol ether sulfate (AES) surfactant and a second AES surfactant. The first AES surfactant can have a molecular formula of R&#x2014;O&#x2014;(CH&#x2014;CH&#x2014;O)&#x2014;SOM, wherein Rrepresents a C-Calkyl group, m represents a number from 6 to 8, and M represents a monovalent cation. The second AES surfactant can have a molecular formula of R&#x2014;O&#x2014;(CH&#x2014;CH&#x2014;O)&#x2014;SOM', wherein Rrepresents a C-Calkyl group, n is 2 or 3, and M&#x2032; represents a monovalent cation. The first AES surfactant and the second AES surfactant can be present in the liquid surfactant composition at a weight ratio to provide the liquid surfactant composition with a fresh viscosity from about 350 centipoise (cPS) to about 550 cps.

Liquid surfactant compositions and associated methods

A high solids slurry of surfactant, inorganic builders and filler salts, which may be spray dried to produce a granular laundry detergent, is prepared by contacting mixed organic and inorganic acids, such as produced in the first stage of the oleum sulfonation of detergent alkylates, with a dry alkali metal carbonate and then with water while subjecting the ingredients and reaction mixture to a controlled mulling/smearing action.

Dry neutralization process for detergent slurries

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