| abstract |
An automatic dishwashing detergent composition having at least two components. The first component is a polymer containing polymerized residues of at least one C3-C6 carboxylic acid monomer and a hydroxy end group. The second component is a biodegradable builder selected from among nitrilotriacetic acid, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid, glycine-N, N-diacetic acid, methylglycine-N, N-diacetic acid, 2-hydroxyethyliminodiacetic acid, glutamic acid-N, N-diacetic acid, 3-hydroxy-2, 2'-iminodisuccinate, S, S-ethylenediaminedisuccinate aspartic acid-diacetic acid, N, N'-ethylenediamine disuccinic acid, iminodisuccinic acid, aspartic acid, aspartic acid-N, N-diacetate, beta-alaninediacetic acid, polyaspartic acid, salts thereof and combinations thereof. |