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US 5,501,813 AGranted
Thickener for aqueous compositions
AssigneeHenkel Corporation
InventorsStephen A. Fischer, Kartar S. Arora, Reuben Grinstein, Patrick M. McCurry, Jr., Judith C. Giordan
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Abstract
A composition for thickening aqueous based personal care products is comprised of a cosolvent selected from the group consisting of a diol, the mono alkyl ether of a diol, a salt of a sulfated ethoxylated alcohol, a salt of a sulfated ethoxylated alkyl phenol, and a complex organic phosphate ester; water; a nonionic surfactant and, an ester of an ethoxylated polyol.
Claims4
A thickener composition comprising:
- (a) from about 1.0% to about 25% by weight of 1,2-propanediol;
- (b) from about 5% to about 25% by weight of water;
- (c) from about 20% to about 60% by weight of a nonionic surfactant having an HLB of less than about 14 selected from the group consisting of nonylphenol EO-9, decyl alcohol EO-6, an alkyl polyglycoside of the formula I
- R.sub.1 O(Z).sub.a I
- wherein R.sub.1 is a monovalent organic radical having from about 6 to about 30 carbon atoms;
- Z is saccharide residue having 5 or 6 carbon atoms;
- a is a number having a value from 1 to about 6, and combinations thereof;
- (d) from about 25% to about 60% by weight of an ester of an ethoxylated polyol selected from the group consisting of pentaerythritol PEG-120 tetra C12-C18 ester, pentaerythritol PEG-90 tetra isostearate, pentaerythritol PEG-130 tetra isostearate, pentaerythritol PEG-120 tetra isostearate and combinations thereof.
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