Cleaning composition in microemulsion, liquid crystal or aqueous solution form comprising mixture of partially esterified, full esterified and non-esterified ethoxylated polyhydric alcohols

A stable concentrated microemulsion composition comprising approximately by weight:

• (a) 1 to 30% of an anionic surfactant wherein said anionic surfactant is selected from the group consisting of sulfonated anionic surfactants and anionic sulfate surfactants;
• (b) 0.5 to 15% of a mixture of ##STR10## wherein w equals one to four, B is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and a group represented by:
• ##STR11## wherein R is selected from the group consisting of alkyl group having 6 to 22 carbon atoms, and alkenyl groups having 6 to 22 carbon atoms, wherein at least one of the B groups is represented by said ##STR12## R' is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and methyl groups;
• x, y and z have a value between 0 and 60, provided that (x+y+z) equals 2 to 100, wherein in Formula (I) the weight ratio of monoester / diester / triester is 40 to 90 / 5 to 35 / 1 to 20, wherein the weight ratio of Formula (I) to Formula (II) is a value between 3 and 0.02;
• (c) 2 to 30% of a cosurfactant wherein said cosurfactant is selected from the group consisting of polypropylene glycols of the formula HO(CH.sub.2 CHCH.sub.3 O).sub.n H wherein n is 2 to 18, aliphatic mono- and di-carboxylic acid containing 2 to 10 carbon atoms and a water soluble glycol ether and mixtures thereof;
• (d) 0.4 to 10% of a water insoluble hydrocarbon or perfume;
• (e) 0 to 18% of at least one dicarboxylic acid;
• (f) 0 to 0.2% of an aminoalkylene phosphonic acid;
• (g) 0 to 1.0% of phosphoric acid;
• (h) 0 to 15% of magnesium sulfate heptahydrate;
• and
• (i) the balance being water, wherein the composition has an ecotoxicity value as measured by the LC50 test of at least 0.18 ml/L measured on Daphniae microorganisms.

A liquid crystal composition comprising approximately by weight:

• 0.1% to 20% of an anionic surfactant wherein said anionic surfactant is selected from the group consisting of sulfonated anionic surfactants and anionic sulfate surfactants;
• 2% to 50% of a cosurfactant wherein said cosurfactant is a water soluble glycol ether;
• 0% to 2.5% of a fatty acid;
• 0.1% to 20% of a mixture of ##STR13## wherein w equals one to four, B is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and a group represented by:
• ##STR14## wherein R is selected from the group consisting of alkyl group having 6 to 22 carbon atoms, and alkenyl groups having 6 to 22 carbon atoms, wherein at least one of the B groups is represented by said ##STR15## R' is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and methyl groups;
• x, y and z have a value between 0 and 60, provided that (x+y+z) equals 2 to 100, wherein in Formula (I) the weight ratio of monoester/diester/triester is 40 to 90/5 to 35/1 to 20, wherein the weight ratio of Formula (I) to Formula (II) is a value between 3 and 0.02;
• 0.5% to 10% of a water insoluble hydrocarbon or a perfume and the balance being water.

A grease release agent comprising an aqueous solution of

• (a) 0.1 to 20.0 wt. % of a mixture of ##STR16## wherein w equals one to four, B is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and a group represented by:
• ##STR17## wherein R is selected from the group consisting of alkyl group having 6 to 22 carbon atoms, and alkenyl groups having 6 to 22 carbon atoms, wherein at least one of the B groups is represented by said ##STR18## R' is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and methyl groups;
• x, y and z have a value between 0 and 60, provided that (x+y+z) equals 2 to 100, wherein in Formula (I) the weight ratio of monoester/diester/triester is 40 to 90/5 to 35/1 to 20, wherein the weight ratio of Formula (I) to Formula (II) is a value between 3 and 0.02;
• and
• (b) the balance being water.