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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2002
Makoto Kubo, Wakayama, JP;
Kazuhiro Iitaka, Wakayama, JP;
Takaya Sakai, Wakayama, JP;
Yoshifumi Nishimoto, Wakayama, JP;
Yohei Kaneko, Wakayama, JP;
Makoto Kubo, Wakayama, JP;
Kazuhiro Iitaka, Wakayama, JP;
Takaya Sakai, Wakayama, JP;
Yoshifumi Nishimoto, Wakayama, JP;
Yohei Kaneko, Wakayama, JP;
Kao Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a thickener which is superior in compounding stability and has high thickening action and a surfactant composition containing the thickener. The present invention relates to a thickener comprising a fatty acid amide ether compound (1) and to a surfactant composition comprising this thickener and at least one surfactant. Namely, the present invention relates to a method of increasing the viscosity of a surfactant by using this thickener.wherein Rrepresents a straight-chain or branched alkyl or alkenyl group which has 5 to 21 carbon atoms and may be substituted with at least one hydroxyl group, Rrepresents a straight-chain or branched alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms and Rrepresents an alkylene group having 2 to 12 carbon atoms.