| abstract |
1. A SOLID DETERGENT COMPOSITION CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF FROM ABOUT 5 TO 25% BY WEIGHT OF A MIXTURRE OF (A) AN AMINE OXIDE DETERGENT ACTIVE COMPOUND HAVING THE FORMULA R1R2R3N$O WHERE R1 IS A C10-C22 ALKYL OR ALKENYL GROUP OR A C8-C18 ALKYL BENZYL GROUP OR A C8-C18 ALKYL MIDO GROUP AND R2-C18 ALKYL BENZY GROUP OR A C8-C18 O1 C2:C3 HYDROXYALKYL GROUPS OR WHERE R2 AND R3 ARE CONJOINED TO FORM A HETEROCYCLIC RING WITH THE NITROGEN ATOM, AND (B) A NONIONIC DETERGENT ACTIVE COMPOUND WHIH IS A CONDENSATION PRODUCT OF AN ALIPHATIC ALCOHO OR AN ALKYL PHENOL WITH ETHYLENE OXIDE, THE RATIO OF THE AMINE OXIDE TO THE NONIONIC DETERGENT ACTIVE COMPOUND BEIN FROM ABOUT 3:1 TO 1:10 PARTS BY WEIGHT, FROM ABOUT 25% OF 75% BY WEIGHT OF AN ALKALI METAL CARBONATE DETERGENCY BUILDER, AND FROM ABOUT 10% TO ABOUT 50% BY WEIGHT OF FINELY GROUND CALCIUM CARBONATE. |