Detergent compositions using an aminocarboxylic acid as builder
AssigneeThe Dow Chemical Company
InventorsLance A. Cooper, Jaime Simon, David A. Wilson
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Abstract
Triethylenetetraminehexaacetic acid is used as a builder in combination with a surfactant or mixture of surfactants to provide a detergent composition having excellent properties. In the series of ethyleneaminopolycarboxylic acids triethylenetetraminehexaacetic acid was found unexpectedly superior as a substitute for nitrilotriacetic acid as a builder in detergent formulations.
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A detergent composition comprising a surfactant and a builder wherein the builder is triethylenetetraminehexaacetic acid or a water soluble salt thereof.
In a method of washing clothes by adding a detergent to the wash water, the improvement which comprises using as the detergent a composition containing a surfactant and triethylenetetraminehexaacetic acid or a water soluble salt thereof.
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