Clear aqueous olefin sulfonate solution

Abstract

Clear and homogeneous aqueous olefin sulfonate solutions having no turbidity and suitable for use, as an active ingredient, in synthetic detergents. These solutions contains (i) 20 through 45% by weight of olefin sulfonate, (ii) 0.1 through 5 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the olefin sulfonate, of component A selected from the group consisting of (a) aliphatic polycarboxylates having carbon atoms of 2 through 6, (b) benzoates and (c) benzene carboxylates having at least one substituent selected from hydroxyl group and sulfonic group, and (iii) 1 through 10 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the olefin sulfonate, of component B selected from the group consisting of monocarboxylate having carbon atoms of 1 through 3 and gluconates.

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