Cleaning agents
AssigneeHenkel AG & Co. KGaA
InventorsNadine Warkotsch, Johannes Zipfel, Thomas Holderbaum, Claudia Ottow
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Abstract
Phosphate-free automatic dishwashing agents are disclosed that comprise (a) builder; (b) bleaching agent; (c) hydrophobically modified copolymer comprising at least one of mono- and polyunsaturated sulfonic acid monomers; (d) non-hydrophobically modified copolymer comprising at least one of mono- and polyunsaturated sulfonic acids; and (e) nonionic surfactant. The agents in accordance with the present invention are distinguished by excellent film deposition inhibition along with good washing and rinsing performance.
Claims15
A phosphate-free automatic dishwashing agent comprising:
- a) builder;
- b) beaching agent;
- c) hydrophobically modified copolymer, said hydrophobically modified copolymer comprising at least one of mono- and polyunsaturated sulfonic acid monomers;
- d) non-hydrophobically modified copolymer, said non-hydrophobically modified copolymer comprising at least one of mono- and polyunsaturated sulfonic acid monomers;
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- e) nonionic surfactant.
A phosphate-free automatic dishwashing agent comprising:
- a) from 10 to 50 wt. % of at least one of citric acid and a citrate salt;
- b) from 2 to 15 wt. % sodium percarbonate;
- c) from 2 to 10 wt. % of hydrophobically modified copolymer, said hydrophobically modified copolymer comprising:
- i. at least one of mono- and polyunsaturated sulfonic acid monomers;
- ii. at least one of mono- and polyunsaturated carboxylic acid monomers;
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- iii. monomers of the general formula:
- R1(R2)C═C(R3)—X—R4, wherein R1 to R3 are independently —H, —CH3 or —C2H5;
- X is an optional spacer group selected from the group —CH2—, —C(O)O—, and —C(O)—NH—;
- and R4 is selected from the group consisting of straight-chain saturated alkyl residues having 2 to 22 carbon atoms, branched saturated alkyl residues having 2 to 22 carbon atoms, and unsaturated alkyl residues having 6 to 22 carbon atoms, and mixtures thereof;
- d) from 4 to 14 wt. % of non-hydrophobically modified copolymer, said non-hydrophobically modified copolymer comprising:
- i. at least one of mono- and polyunsaturated sulfonic acid monomers;
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- ii. at least one of mono- and polyunsaturated carboxylic acid monomers;
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- e) from 1 to 7 wt. % nonionic surfactant, said nonionic surfactant having the general structure R1—CH(OH)CH2O-(AO)w-(A′O)x-(A″O)y-(A′″O)z—R2, in which R1 is a straight-chain or branched, saturated or mono- or polyunsaturated C6-24 alkyl or alkenyl residue;
- R2 is a linear or branched hydrocarbon residue with 2 to 26 carbon atoms;
- A, A′, A″ and A′″ are independently a residue from the group —CH2CH2, —CH2CH2—CH2, —CH2—CH(CH3), —CH2—CH2—CH2—CH2, —CH2—CH(CH3)—CH2—, —CH2—CH(CH2—CH3);
- and w, x, y and z are between 0.5 and 120 wherein any of x, y, and z are optionally 0.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.