| abstract |
Surface active, liquid, hydroxyl-containing mixed esters which are condensation products of: n (a) 1 mole of triethanolamine, glycerine, trimethylolpropane or pentaerythritol, n (b) 1 to 2 moles of a saturated, branched, aliphatic or cycloaliphatic carboxylic acid of 16 to 26 C atoms or mixtures thereof, and n (c) 0.1 to 0.9 moles, preferably 0.1 to 0.7 moles, of an aliphatic straight-chain or branched dicarboxylic acid of 3 to 10 C atoms, or mixtures thereof. |