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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2006
Yasuhiro Doi, Wakayama, JP;
Masaki Inoue, Wakayama, JP;
Kaoru Omae, Wakayama, JP;
Yoshinori Tamura, Wakayama, JP;
Yasuhiro Doi, Wakayama, JP;
Masaki Inoue, Wakayama, JP;
Kaoru Omae, Wakayama, JP;
Yoshinori Tamura, Wakayama, JP;
Kao Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a thickening/foam-promoting agent having thickening/foam-promoting properties and a low odor, and a detergent composition containing the agent. The thickening/foam-promoting agent is composed of the following component (A): (A) a compound represented by the following formula (1):RO—(PO)/(EO)—R  (1), wherein Ris a linear alkyl or an alkenyl group having 8 to 10 carbon atoms, PO is a propyleneoxy group, EO is an ethyleneoxy group, an average added molar number n is a number of 1.5 to 3.0, an average added molar number m is a number of 0 to 1.0, and Ris a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, wherein the content of an alcohol of the formula (1), when n=0, m=0 and Ris a hydrogen atom, is not more than 3000 ppm, and the detergent composition contains the component (A) and a surfactant (B).