Abstract:
Detergent compositions containing protopectinase whose optimum pH for the reaction is 7.0 or higher when protopectin or polygalacturonic acid is used as a substrate. The detergent compositions are endowed with remarkable detergency against mud soil.
Abstract:
A granular detergent composition for clothing comprising a surfactant, a sequestering agent, a crystalline alkali metal silicate, and an acidic agent, which is constituted of at least two types of grains, i.e., first grains containing the crystalline alkali metal silicate and second grains which are acidic because of containing the acidic agent, wherein the crystalline alkali metal silicate is present in the grains different from those containing the acidic agent, and which is alkaline in distilled water at 25 DEG C and has a bulk density of at least 650 g/l; and a washing method using said detergent composition. Containing the crystalline alkali metal silicate in the grains different from those containing the acidic agent offers such an effect that a rise in pH in an early stage of washing can be regulated to provide a better detergency for sebum stains.
Abstract:
A high-density powdered detergent composition which has a bulk density of 0.6 to 1.2 g/ml and which comprises 0.5 to 30% by weight of (a) a glycine-N,N-diacetic acid derivative, 20 to 50% by weight of (b) an anionic surfactant, 0.5 to 5% by weight of (c) an ether-type nonionic surfactant having an HLB value of 10.5 to 15.0 and 1 to 30% by weight of (d) an aluminosilcate, each percentage being based on the total weight of the composition, and the component (c) being contained in an amount of 0.5 to 10.0 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the component (b). This composition contains both a glycine-N,N-diacetic acid derivative which is a builder excellent in biodegradability and sequestering power and an inorganic builder such as zeolite or crystalline silicate, and exhibits high detergency.
Abstract:
A high-density granulated detergent composition for clothes which is prepared by blending a non-soap anionic surfactant with a crystalline alkali metal silicate in such a way as to inhibit the contact of the surfactant with the silicate as completely as possible and which exhibits high detergency even when used in a reduced amount and does not suffer from any lowering in the detergency even after long-term storage. This composition is one comprising (A) a non-soap anionic surfactant, (B) a crystalline alkali metal silicate and (C) a sequestering agent other than the component (B) and having a bulk density of 0.7 to 1.2 g/cm , and is characterized in that the amount of the component (A) is 10 to 50 wt.% and the total amount of the components (B) and (C) is 30 to 80 wt.% with the (B) to (C) weight ratio being from 1:15 to 5:1, that at least part of the component (B) is incorporated into a particulate builder comprising a binder and, if necessary, an aluminosilicate salt, and that the content of the component (A) in the builder is less than 10 wt.%.
Abstract:
A detergent composition for clothing comprising the following components (I) and (II): (I) a surfactant component comprising (A) a sulfonate anionic surfactant and (B) at least either a nonionic surfactant or a sulfate anionic surfactant at a (B) to (A) weight ratio of 1/10 to 2/1, and (II) a component comprising (C) an alkali metal silicate and (D) a sequestering agent other than the component (C) at a (C) to (D) weight ratio of 1/15 to 5/1, in total amounts of the components (I) and (II) of 20 to 50 % by weight and 30 to 80 % by weight, respectively, and having a bulk density of 0.6 g/cc or above; and a process for washing clothing with this detergent composition. The composition makes it possible to remarkably reduce the standard use level of detergents as compared with those of ordinary compact detergent compositions for clothing.
Abstract:
A high-density powdered detergent composition which has a bulk density of 0.6 to 1.2 g/ml and which comprises 0.5 to 30% by weight of (a) a glycine-N,N-diacetic acid derivative, 5 to 45% by weight of (b) a nonionic surfactant having an HLB value of 10.5 to 15.0, 0.5 to 18% by weight of (c) an anionic surfactant and 1 to 30% by weight of (d) an aluminosilicate, each percentage being based on the total weight of the composition, and the weight ratio of the component (b) to the component (c) lying between 90 : 1 and 60 : 40. This composition contains both a glycine-N,N-diacetic acid derivative which is a builder excellent in biodegradability and sequestering power and an inorganic builder such as zeolite or crystalline silicate, and exhibits high detergency.
Abstract:
A high-density granular detergent composition comprising: (A) at least one surfactant; (B) at least one crystalline alkali metal silicate having an SiO2 to Na2O molar ratio of 0.5 to 2.6; and (C) at least one sequestering agent other than the component B, having a Ca ion trapping capacity of at least 200 CaCO3 mg/g, wherein the total amount of the components A, B and C is 70 to 100 % by weight based on the whole granular detergent composition, the component B to component A weight ratio is (9:1) to (9:11), and the component B to component C weight ratio is (4:1) to (1:15). The composition contains particles (I) containing the crystalline alkali metal silicate as the component B and particles (II) containing the sequestering agent as the component C, and the particles (I) are present as particles substantially different from the particles (II).
Abstract:
A washing method wherein washing is performed under such conditions that the pH value of the washing water is elevated after the hardness of the washing water has been lowered; a detergent composition which contains particles capable of retarding alkaline realization of the elevation of the pH value of the washing water after the addition of the same as compared with the lowering of the hardness of the washing water; and a detergent composition containing an alkaline agent coated with an organic or inorganic material the content of which amounts to at least 70 % by weight of the alkaline agents contained in the composition. The washing method and the detergent compositions each achieves an excellent detergency even at a low surfactant concentration, since washing is performed under such conditions that the pH value of the washing water is elevated after the hardness of the washing water has been lowered.
Abstract:
The bleaching detergent composition in a form of granules or powders containing an organic peracid precursor which produces an organic peracid upon reaction with hydrogen peroxide in water, the organic peracid having an alkyl group with 7 to 19 carbon atoms, and a hydrogen peroxide releasing material, wherein the bleaching detergent composition comprises the following components a) to c): a) one or more surfactants; b) one or more crystalline alkali metal silicates; and c) one or more agents for capturing metal ions other than the crystalline alkali metal silicates b), wherein a total amount of the above a), b), and c) components in the bleaching detergent composition occupies from 70 to 99% by weight, and wherein the weight ratio of component b) to component a) is b/a = 90/10 to 45/55, and the weight ratio of component b) to component c) is b/c = 7/93 to 75/25, and wherein the weight ratio of the organic peracid precursor to nonionic surfactants used as component a) is from 10/90 to 70/30.
Abstract:
A detergent composition for clothing comprising the following components (I) and (II): (I) a surfactant component comprising (A) a sulfonate anionic surfactant and (B) at least either a nonionic surfactant or a sulfate anionic surfactant at a (B) to (A) weight ratio of 1/10 to 2/1, and (II) a component comprising (C) an alkali metal silicate and (D) a sequestering agent other than the component (C) at a (C) to (D) weight ratio of 1/15 to 5/1, in total amounts of the components (I) and (II) of 20 to 50 % by weight and 30 to 80 % by weight, respectively, and having a bulk density of 0.6 g/cc or above; and a process for washing clothing with this detergent composition. The composition makes it possible to remarkably reduce the standard use level of detergents as compared with those of ordinary compact detergent compositions for clothing.