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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2011
Hans-jürgen Köhle, Mainhausen, DE;
Matthias Schöppner, Bad Soden Salmünster, DE;
Axel Euler, Steinau an der Strasse, DE;
Harald Jakob, Hasselroth, DE;
Saji John Meledathu, Chester, VA (US);
Todd L. Kurth, Chester, VA (US);
Delbert G. Young, Groveland, IL (US);
Ingo Hamann, Chesterfield, VA (US);
Georg Schick, Krefeld, DE;
Hans-Jürgen Köhle, Mainhausen, DE;
Matthias Schöppner, Bad Soden Salmünster, DE;
Axel Euler, Steinau an der Strasse, DE;
Harald Jakob, Hasselroth, DE;
Saji John Meledathu, Chester, VA (US);
Todd L. Kurth, Chester, VA (US);
Delbert G. Young, Groveland, IL (US);
Ingo Hamann, Chesterfield, VA (US);
Georg Schick, Krefeld, DE;
Evonik Degussa GmbH, Essen, DE;
Abstract
A fabric softener active composition, comprising from 65 to 95% by weight of a bis-(2-hydroxyethyl)-dimethylammonium chloride fatty acid ester having a molar ratio of fatty acid moieties to amine moieties of from 1.80 to 1.96, an average chain length of the fatty acid moieties of from 16 to 18 carbon atoms and an iodine value of from 0 to 50, from 2 to 8% by weight of a fatty acid triglyceride having an average chain length of the fatty acid moieties of from 10 to 14 carbon atoms and an iodine value of from 0 to 15, and from 3 to 12% by weight of an alcohol selected from ethanol, 1-propanol and 2-propanol has low melt viscosity, high stability towards dealkylation in the molten state and low flammability.