| abstract |
A fabric softening composition contains a firstnnonionic surfactant which has a head group bearing at leastnthree hydroxyl groups and is preferably from carbohydratensource and a lipophilic aliphatic tail of 10 to 40,nespecially 16 to 24 carbon atoms, plus a second nonionicnsurfactant of HLB not above 7, which may incorporate annaliphatic chain of 10 to 40, especially 16 to 24 carbonnatoms. |