Kao Corporation

Kao Soap Company, Ltd.

Lion Corporation

Nippon Oil Company

Nippon Oil Fats Co., Ltd.

Fats Co., Ltd.

Masaaki Yamamura

Junichi Inokoshi

Moriyasu Murata

Noboru Moriyama

Muneo Aoyagi

Hiroyuki Araki

Kazuhiro Takanashi

Kohshiro Sotoya

Tohru Katoh

Uichiro Nishimoto

Osamu Tachizawa

Kazutaka Shiratsuchi

Hiroyuki Yamada

Shinichi Watanabe

Masaki Tsumadori

Yasuki Ohtawa

Toshiyuki Ukigai

Hiromitsu Hayashi

Nobuyuki Ogura

Taizo Igarashi

Toru Hayase

Yushi Sakata

Takanori Fukumoto

Tetuo Ito

Kazumitsu Furuta

Yoshifumi Nishimoto

Shu Yamaguchi

Kazuhiko Okabe

Toshiharu Noguchi

Masayuki Abe

Koshiro Sotoya

Kazuo Shimizu

Norio Fujii

Shin-ichi Watanabe

Yasuhiro Kiyonaga

A high-density powdered detergent composition which has a bulk density of 0.6 to 1.2 g/ml and which comprises 0.5 to 30% by weight of (a) a glycine-N,N-diacetic acid derivative, 5 to 45% by weight of (b) a nonionic surfactant having an HLB value of 10.5 to 15.0, 0.5 to 18% by weight of (c) an anionic surfactant and 1 to 30% by weight of (d) an aluminosilicate, each percentage being based on the total weight of the composition, and the weight ratio of the component (b) to the component (c) lying between 90:1 and 60:40. This composition contains both a glycine-N,N-diacetic acid derivative which is a builder excellent in biodegradability and sequestering power and an inorganic builder such as zeolite or crystalline silicate, and exhibits high detergency.

High-density powdered detergent composition

A high-density powdered detergent composition which has a bulk density of 0.6 to 1.2 g/ml and which comprises 0.5 to 30% by weight of (a) a glycine-N,N-diacetic acid derivative, 20 to 50% by weight of (b) an anionic surfactant, 0.5 to 5% by weight of (c) an ether-type nonionic surfactant having an HLB value of 10.5 to 15.0 and 1 to 30% by weight of (d) an aluminosilcate, each percentage being based on the total weight of the composition, and the component (c) being contained in an amount of 0.5 to 10.0 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the component (b). This composition contains both a glycine-N,N-diacetic acid derivative which is a builder excellent in biodegradability and sequestering power and an inorganic builder such as zeolite or crystalline silicate, and exhibits high detergency.

To provide an aqueous fabric softener composition, which is excellent in softening performance, elasticity and storage stability, and a quaternary ammonium salt which is useful as a softening base of this composition and nondetrimental to the natural environment because of its excellent biodegradability, and a process for the preparation of this salt. The aqueous fabric softener composition of the present invention comprises from 8 to 40% by weight of a quaternary ammonium salt represented by the following formula (I), a quaternary ammonium salt represented by the following formula (II) or a mixture thereof, and water: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 represent each a C.sub.1-4 alkyl group, etc.; R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 represent each a C.sub.7-35 alkyl group, etc.; and X.sup.- represents an anion group; and ##STR2## wherein R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 represent each a C.sub.1-4 group, etc.; R.sup.7 and R.sup.8 represent each a C.sub.1-5 alkylene group, etc.; R.sup.9 and R.sup.10 represent each a C.sub.8-36 alkyl group, etc.; Q represents a C.sub.2-6 alkylene group; n is from 0 to 10; and X.sup.- represents an anion group.

Aqueous fabric softener composition, novel quaternary ammonium salt, and

To provide an aqueous fabric softener composition, which is excellent in softening performance, elasticity and storage stability, and a quaternary ammonium salt which is useful as a softening base of this composition and nondetrimental to the natural environment because of its excellent biodegradability and a process for the preparation of this salt. The aqueous fabric softener composition of the present invention comprises from 3 to 40% by weight of a quaternary ammonium salt represented by the following formula (I), and water: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 represent each a C.sub.1-4 alkyl group, etc.; R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 represent each a C.sub.7-35 alkyl group, etc.; and X.sup.- represents an anion group.

Liquid softener composition, novel quaternary ammonium salt, and process

An aqueous fabric softener composition is disclosed, which comprises water and, as a softener new material, an ammonium salt obtained by neutralizing the following Compound (A):

Fabric softener composition and ammonium salt

A softener composition comprises (a) 7 to 30 wt. % of a neutralization product with an inorganic or organic acid having not more than 6 carbon atoms of one selected from the group consisting of (a-1) an amine compound having 2 or 3 hydrocarbon groups each having 11 to 22 carbon atoms in its molecule and (a-2) an ion complex compound formed from 1 mole of a polyamide having a hydrocarbon group having 11 to 22 carbon atoms and 2 to 5 nitrogen atoms and 1 mole of an aliphatic acid having 12 to 22 carbon atoms and (b) 0.2 to 5 wt. % of one or more polyethers, each being an adduct of an alkylene oxide including ethylene oxide to a compound having 3 or more active hydrogens, which contains 50 wt. % or more of the polyoxyethylene units, having a molecular weight of 5,000 to 2,000,000. It is of the concentrated type and provides clothing with an improved softness and anti-static property.

Concentrated softener

A liquid softener composition comprises water and an amidoamine compound (a) obtained by condensation reaction of a di- or triamine of the general formula (I) with a fatty acid of the general formula (II), or a neutral salt of the amidoamine compound with an inorganic or organic acid:

Liquid softener

A bleaching composition comprises a peroxide and an amphoteric organic per acid precursor. In particular the amphoteric organic per acid precursor is a quaternary ammonium salt has the following formula in which Z is sulfonate or carboxylate and is a new compound. ##STR1##

Bleaching composition

A softener composition comprising a quaternary ammonium salt having two hydrocarbon radicals having 12-22 carbon atoms and one unsaturated bond; the stereoisomeric structure of the above salt includes both the cis-isomer and the trans-isomer with the cis-isomer/trans-isomer ratio being in the range of from 25/75-90/10.

Softener composition containing cis- and trans- isomers of ethylenically

A bleaching composition comprises (a) a peroxide and (b) an organic peracid precursor having at least one group selected from (b-1) and (b-2) and then further comprises a detergent component(s). ##STR1##

Quaternary ammonium salts of dicyano substituted teriary alkylene

A concentrated softening agent for use in clothings comprising, as the essential ingredient:

Concentrated softening agent for use in clothings: quaternary ammonium

A cloth-softening liquid composition has a high concentration and comprises (a) a quaternary ammonium and (b-I) a polyether or a derivative thereof or (b-II) a polymer or copolymer of a cationic surfactant monomer(s), said polyether having a molecular weight of 5,000 to 200,000, being a polyoxyalkylene adduct to a compound having at least five active hydrogen atoms, the oxyalkylene units containing oxyethylene units so that the polyether may contain 50 or more percent by weight of them, said cationic surfactant monomer having a straight or branched alkyl or alkenyl having 8 to 24 carbon atoms, the alkyl or alkenyl optionally having a substituent(s).

Cloth-softening liquid composition containing quaternary ammonium

An aqueous coal slurry composition is provided which comprises:

Aqueous coal slurry composition

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