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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 29, 1999
Monika Schaumann, Overath, DE;
Jürgen Kaschig, Freiburg, DE;
Caroline Schäfer, Riehen, CH;
Frank Lee, Riehen, CH;
Erich Rössler, Stadtbergen, DE;
Harald Chrobaczek, Augsburg, DE;
Dieter Walz, Neusäss, DE;
Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation, Tarrytown, NY (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to the use of fabric softener compositions comprising: (a) as active substance, a quaternary ammonium compound of formula (1), in which R is the aliphatic radical of tallow fatty acid, in particular a mono- or polyunsaturated aliphatic C radical; and (b) is a nitrogen-free polydiorganosiloxane having terminal silicon-bonded hydroxyl groups; for the treatment of textile fibre materials. The fabric softener compositions impart a soft handle to the treated textile and are readily biodegradable. The fibre materials treated with the novel fabric softener compositions are very particularly characterized by good rewettability