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  • C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
  • C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
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  • C11D10/00—Compositions of detergents, not provided for by one single preceding group
  • C11D10/04—Compositions of detergents, not provided for by one single preceding group based on mixtures of surface-active non-soap compounds and soap
• • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
  • C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
  • C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
  • C11D3/00—Other compounding ingredients of detergent compositions covered in group C11D1/00
  • C11D3/02—Inorganic compounds ; Elemental compounds
  • C11D3/12—Water-insoluble compounds
  • C11D3/124—Silicon containing, e.g. silica, silex, quartz or glass beads
  • C11D3/1246—Silicates, e.g. diatomaceous earth
  • C11D3/1253—Layer silicates, e.g. talcum, kaolin, clay, bentonite, smectite, montmorillonite, hectorite or attapulgite
  • C11D3/126—Layer silicates, e.g. talcum, kaolin, clay, bentonite, smectite, montmorillonite, hectorite or attapulgite in solid compositions
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  • C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
  • C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
  • C11D1/00—Detergent compositions based essentially on surface-active compounds; Use of these compounds as a detergent
  • C11D1/02—Anionic compounds
  • C11D1/12—Sulfonic acids or sulfuric acid esters; Salts thereof
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• • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
  • C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
  • C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
  • C11D1/00—Detergent compositions based essentially on surface-active compounds; Use of these compounds as a detergent
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• the present invention relates to a detergent containing phosphate-free, fabric softening sheet silicates with improved washing power.
• DE 23 34 899-B2 discloses phosphate-reduced detergents which contain layered silicates as textile softeners in combination with synthetic anionic surfactants and polyanionic complexing agents. Soap and nonionic surfactants are not included in these agents because they impair the softening effect of the layered silicates.
• the object of the present invention is to improve the washing power of detergents containing layered silicate, particularly in the case of cosmetic soiling, and at the same time to increase the textile-softening properties of the layered silicates.
• Another object of the present invention is to produce phosphate-free detergents by combining them with soap and with a conventional mixed surfactant base made of synthetic anionic and nonionic surfactant.
• Phosphate-free is understood to mean a detergent which contains less than 0.1% inorganically bound phosphorus.
• Suitable layered silicates which belong to the group of bentonites and smectites, are e.g. B. from DE-23 34 899-B2 and EP-26 529-A1 known.
• layered silicates within the meaning of the present invention includes synthetic, finely divided, water-insoluble layered silicates with a smectite-like crystal phase, but increased contents of bound alkali and silicate and a swelling capacity in aqueous suspension with the total oxide formula which is significantly reduced compared to pure layered silicates of this type MgO. aM2O. bAl2O3. cSiO2.
• synthetic phyllosilicates which are characterized in that after suspension in water (16 ° dH, room temperature) they have a swelling capacity - determined as the quotient of the sediment volume (V s ) / total volume (V) after previous treatment with excess Soda solution, careful washing and 20 hours after slurrying in 9 parts by weight of water / one part by weight of layered silicate - of V s / V less than 0.6, in particular less than 0.4, as well as synthetic layered silicates, which are mixed-crystalline and structure-determining saponite and / or have hectorite-like crystal phases which are arranged in an irregular arrangement with crystalline alkali polysilicate are interspersed, the mixed crystal systems of the structural formula Na x + y (Mg 3-x Li x ) (Si 4-y Al y ) O10 (OH) 2 .m Na2Si z O 2z + 1 .
• nH2O nH2O
• Such synthetic layered silicates are furthermore characterized in that they contain excess alkali, in particular sodium hydroxide or soda, which is not incorporated in the crystal structure and / or are present in intimate admixture with, in particular, water-soluble salts, preferably alkali sulfates and / or carbonates.
• alkali in particular sodium hydroxide or soda
• water-soluble salts preferably alkali sulfates and / or carbonates.
• the proportion of layered silicate (component a) is preferably 10 to 22% by weight and sodium nitrilotriacetate (component b) (NTA) is preferably 4 to 8% by weight.
• the weight ratio (a: b) is advantageously 1: 1 to 6: 1, preferably 1.5: 1 to 5: 1 and in particular 1.7: 1 to 4: 1.
• the sum of the components (a + b + c) is 22.5 to 45% by weight, preferably 25 to 40% by weight.
• the soaps (component c) are derived from natural or synthetic, saturated or monounsaturated fatty acids with 12 to 22 carbon atoms. Natural are particularly suitable union fatty acid, e.g. B. coconut, palm kernel or tallow fatty acid derived soap mixtures and their mixtures with fish oil fatty acids, which can be hydrogenated. Preference is given to mixtures which are composed of 50 to 100% of saturated C12 ⁇ 22 fatty acid soaps and 0 to 50% of oleic acid soap, furthermore mixtures of 20 to 80% coconut or tallow fatty acids and 80 to 20% by weight hydrogenated fish oil fatty acids . The proportion of soaps is preferably 8 to 15% by weight.
• Useful sulfonate type surfactants are linear alkyl benzene sulfonates (C9 ⁇ 13 alkyl) and olefin sulfonates, i.e. Mixtures of alkene and hydroxyalkanesulfonates and disulfonates, such as those obtained, for example, from C12 ⁇ 18 monoolefin with terminal or internal double bond by sulfonation with gaseous sulfur trioxide and subsequent alkaline hydrolysis of the sulfonation products.
• alkanesulfonates which are obtainable from C12 ⁇ 18 alkanes by sulfochlorination or sulfoxidation and subsequent hydrolysis or neutralization, and also alpha-sulfofatty acids and their esters, e.g. B. the alpha-sulfonated hydrogenated coconut, palm kernel or tallow fatty acids and their methyl or ethyl esters and mixtures thereof.
• Suitable surfactants of the sulfate type are the sulfuric acid monoesters from primary alcohols of natural and synthetic origin, ie from fatty alcohols such as, for example, coconut oil alcohols, tallow fatty alcohols, oleyl alcohol, lauryl, myristyl, palmityl or stearyl alcohol, or the C10 ⁇ 18 oxo alcohols and secondary alcohols this chain length.
• the sulfuric acid monoesters of the aliphatic primary alcohols or ethoxylated secondary alcohols or alkylphenols ethoxylated with 1 to 6 mol of ethylene oxide are also suitable.
• Sulfated fatty acid alkanolamides and sulfated fatty acid monoglycerides are also suitable.
• Surfactants containing sulfonate groups are preferred, and among these in turn the alkylbenzenesulfonates, alpha-sulfofatty acid ester salts and the alpha-sulfofatty acid ester disalts.
• the anionic surfactants are usually in the form of their sodium salts. Their proportion, based on the composition, is in particular 5 to 12% by weight.
• Addition products of 2 to 20, preferably 3 to 15 moles of ethylene oxide with 1 mole of a compound having essentially 10 to 20 carbon atoms from the group of alcohols and alkylphenols can be used as nonionic surfactants.
• non-fully or not fully water-soluble polyglycol ethers with 2 to 6 ethylene glycol ether residues in the molecule are also of interest, in particular if they are used together with water-soluble nonionic or anionic surfactants.
• the content of the agents in nonionic surfactants or nonionic surfactant mixtures is preferably 3 to 10% by weight and in particular 4 to 7% by weight.
• the weight ratio of soap (component c) to the synthetic surfactants (component d) is preferably 1: 2 to 2: 1 and in particular 1: 1.5 to 1.2: 1.
• the weight ratio of component c) to the sulfonate surfactant (component d1 ) is preferably 2: 1 to 1: 1.5 and component d1) to the nonionic surfactants (component d2) is preferably 3: 1 to 1: 1.
• the total amount of soap and synthetic surfactant is 15 to 35% by weight and preferably 20 to 30% by weight.
• the other detergent ingredients include washing alkalis, complexing agents, graying inhibitors (dirt carriers), bleaching agents, bleach activators, optical brighteners, foam inhibitors, enzymes, dyes and fragrances as well as neutral salts and water.
• Their proportion in the agents can be 3 to 18% by weight, in particular 5 to 15% by weight.
• Alkali metal carbonates and borates can also be used with certain restrictions, but their proportion should generally not be more than 10% by weight, in particular not more than 5% by weight, since they precipitate the hardness formers on the hard water in the presence of hard water Favor textiles.
• finely divided, ion-exchanging water-containing sodium aluminosilicates of the NaA type can also be present, as described, for example, in US Pat. B. are known from DE 24 12 837. In principle, however, their use is not necessary, since the agents are composed in such a way that the natural hardness of lime in the water does not interfere and high washing performance is achieved.
• sequestering compounds can advantageously also be used, in particular if decomposable substances such as oxygen bleaching agents or enzymes are present at the same time.
• decomposable substances such as oxygen bleaching agents or enzymes are present at the same time.
• These include compounds of the polyaminopolycarboxylic acid type such as ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid and higher homologues.
• Suitable phosphorus-containing organic complexing agents are the water-soluble salts of alkane polyphosphonic acids, Amino and hydroxyalkane polyphosphonic acids and phosphonopolycarboxylic acids such as methanediphosphonic acid, dimethylaminomethane-1,1-diphosphonic acids, aminotrimethylene triphosphonic acid, 1-hydroxyethane-1,1-diphosphonic acid, 1-phosphonoethane-1,2-dicarboxylic acid, 2-phosphonobutane-1,2,4- tricarboxylic acid, but especially ethylenediaminetetramethylenephosphonic acid and diethylenetriaminepentamethylenephosphonic acid.
• Useful nitrogen and phosphorus-free complexing agents are e.g. Citric acid, tartaric acid, benzene hexacarboxylic acid and tetrahydrofuran tetracarboxylic acid.
• Polycarboxylic acids containing ether groups are also suitable, such as 2,2'-oxydisuccinic acid and polyhydric alcohols or hydroxycarboxylic acids partially or completely etherified with glycolic acid, e.g. Biscarboxymethylethylene glycol, carboxymethyloxysuccinic acid, carboxymethyltartronic acid and carboxymethylated or oxidized polysaccharides.
• Polymeric carboxylic acids with a molecular weight between 350 and about 1,500,000 in the form of water-soluble salts are also suitable.
• These compounds include, for example, polyacrylic acid, poly-alpha-hydroxyacrylic acid, polymaleic acid and the copolymers of the corresponding monomeric carboxylic acids with one another, e.g. from 50 to 80 wt .-% acrylic acid and 50 to 20 wt .-% maleic acid or with ethylenically unsaturated compounds, e.g. B. from acrylic acid and vinyl methyl ether.
• These also include the polyacetal carboxylic acids obtainable by polymerizing glycolic acid esters with the introduction of stable terminal end groups.
• the aforementioned complexing agents are usually in the form of acidic or neutral sodium salts.
• the proportion of these complexing agents is generally less than 1% by weight and is preferably 0.1 to 0.8% by weight, based on the sodium salt.
• Preferred complexing agents are EDTA and ethylenediaminetetramethylene phosphonate.
• the detergents and cleaning agents can contain dirt carriers which keep the dirt detached from the fibers suspended in the liquor and thus prevent graying.
• water-soluble colloids of mostly organic nature are suitable, such as, for example, the water-soluble salts of polymeric carboxylic acids, glue, gelatin, salts of ether carboxylic acids or ether sulfonic acids of starch or cellulose or salts of acidic sulfuric acid esters of cellulose or starch.
• Water-soluble polyamides containing acidic groups are also suitable for this purpose.
• Soluble starch preparations and starch products other than those mentioned above can also be used, e.g. degraded starch, aldehyde starches, etc.
• Polyvinylpyrrolidone can also be used.
• Carboxymethyl cellulose (Na salt), methyl cellulose and mixtures thereof are preferably used. The proportion of the compounds is generally 0.2 to 2, preferably 0.5 to 1.5,% by weight.
• H2O2 sodium perborate tetrahydrate
• NaBO2. H2O2. 3 H2O sodium perborate tetrahydrate
• NaBO2. H2O2 monohydrate
• H2O2 supplying borates, for example the perborax Na2B4O7. 4 H2O2.
• These compounds can be partially or completely by other active acid carriers, in particular by peroxy hydrates, such as peroxycarbonates (Na2CO3.
• H2O2 peroxypyrophosphates, citrate perhydrates, urea-H2O2- or melamine-H2O2 compounds as well as by H2O2-delivering peracid salts or peracids, such as perbenzoates , Peroxyphthalates, diperazelaic acid or diperdodecanedioic acid can be replaced.
• bleach activators can be incorporated into the preparations.
• N-acyl or O-acyl compounds which form organic peracids with H2O2, preferably N, N ⁇ -tetraacylated diamines, such as N, N, N ⁇ , N ⁇ -tetraacetyl-ethylenediamine, and also carboxylic anhydrides, such as benzoic anhydride and phthalic anhydride and esters of polyols such as glucose pentaacetate.
• the detergents can contain, as optical brighteners for cotton, in particular derivatives of diaminostilbenedisulfonic acid or its alkali metal salts. Suitable are e.g. Salts of 4,4 ⁇ -bis (2-anilino-4-morpholino-1,3,5-triazin-6-yl-amino) -stilbene-2,2 ⁇ -disulfonic acid or compounds of the same structure which instead of the morpholino group contain a diethanolamino group carry a methylamino group or a 2-methoxyethylamino group.
• Possible brighteners for polyamide fibers are those of the 1,3-diaryl-2-pyrazoline type, for example the compound 1- (p-sulfamoylphenyl) -3- (p-chlorophenyl) -2-pyrazoline.
• Brighteners of the substituted 4,4'-distyryl-diphenyl type may also be present; e.g. the compound 4,4 ⁇ -bis (4-chloro-3-sulfostyryl) diphenyl. Mixtures of the aforementioned brighteners can also be used.
• Enzymes from the class of proteases, lipases and amylases or mixtures thereof are possible. Enzymes obtained from bacterial strains or fungi such as Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus licheniformis and Streptomyces griseus are particularly suitable. The enzymes can be adsorbed on carriers and / or embedded in coating substances in order to protect them against premature decomposition.
• Suitable foam inhibitors are organopolysiloxanes and their mixtures with microfine, optionally silanized silica, paraffins, waxes, microcrystalline waxes and their mixtures with silanized silica.
• Bis-acylamides derived from C12 ⁇ 20 fatty acids and C2 ⁇ 6 diamines or from C12 ⁇ 20 alkylamines and C2 ⁇ 6 dicarboxylic acids are also useful.
• Mixtures of different foam inhibitors are also advantageously used, e.g. B. from silicones and paraffins or waxes or from bisacylamides and paraffins or waxes.
• the foam inhibitors are preferably bound to a granular, water-soluble or dispersible carrier substance.
• fragrances are used, they can be applied to the granular agent itself or to a powder component.
• one or more powder components can be colored or coated with pigments, for example in order to mask the intrinsic color of active ingredients or to give the powder mixture a colored, speckled appearance.
• the agents can also contain neutral salts, in particular sodium sulfate and - in small amounts - sodium chloride.
• the agents can be prepared or converted into granular powders or powder mixtures by known means, for example by spray drying or granulation. If processing is carried out using the slurry approach and hot spray drying, the components listed under a) to d) are expediently sprayed together.
• Sensation Liche substances such as bleaching agents, bleach activators, enzymes and foam inhibitors are subsequently added to the spray products, preferably in granular form or in combination with a granular carrier or coating substance.
• the layered silicate can also be admixed as granules to the spray-dried powder or the other powder components. If the granular mixture consists of several powder components, it is advantageous if the average grain size of all individual components is of the same order of magnitude, ie in the range from 0.2 to 1.6 mm, preferably 0.4 to 1.2 mm.
• the powder constituents can also be subjected to a common granulation by spraying a liquid constituent (e.g. the nonionic surfactant) on the powder mixture or a part thereof, under the granulating conditions and - if not already in that Mixture present - the remaining components mixed.
• a liquid constituent e.g. the nonionic surfactant
• the agents are characterized by a high cleaning power, especially in relation to greasy, strongly colored stains that are difficult to remove with conventional agents at medium to low washing temperatures, such as lipstick, mascara and tinting cream. It is particularly surprising that the agents do not tend to form unwanted precipitates and incrustations on the washed textiles and components of washing machines even when they are mixed with hard tap water, although their formation is due to the high content of fatty acid soaps and the comparatively very small amount of "classic" Builder salts (in the present case NTA) had to be expected to a considerable extent. this applies also in the event that known "threshold" active ingredients, such as phosphonates and polymeric polycarboxylic acids, are absent.
• the substoichiometric amount of NTA with respect to the sequestration of hardness-forming agents is sufficient to largely prevent the formation of incrustations in connection with the soap and a synthetic surfactant component.
• the agent has excellent fabric softening properties and surprisingly surpasses the known agents according to DE 23 34 899-B2, which teaches that nonionic surfactants and soaps impair the softening effect.
• the carrier substance (essentially neutral salts) contained in these granules are computationally contained in the component "neutral salts, carrier material".
• the liter weight of the finished mixes was 310 to 320 g / l.
• the soap consisted of the Na salt of a coconut-palm kernel fatty acid mixture (chain length C12 ⁇ 18) and in Example 5 of the Na salts of a 3: 2 mixture of hardened fish oil fatty acids and tallow fatty acids.
• the dodecylbenzenesulfonate contained C11 to C13 homologs and less than 0.5% higher homologs.
• the sulfo ester salt consisted of the sodium salt of a hydrogenated alpha-sulfopalm nucleic acid fatty acid methyl ester with a content of about 20% of alpha-sulfonic acid disodium salt.
• EO means attached ethylene oxide.
• the ethoxylated alcohols were derived from synthetic alcohols (oxo alcohols).
• the nonyphenyl EO was a 1: 1 mixture with 6 EO and 9 EO.
• CMC means carboxymethyl cellulose (Na salt).
• the phosphonate consisted of the hexasodium salt of ethylenediaminetetra (methylenephosphonic acid).
• the agents When used, the agents were distinguished by a high washing power and a very low tendency to form firmly adhering deposits on the machine parts in the washing machine.
• the textiles had a pleasant, soft feel.
• a phosphate-free commercial detergent was used, which essentially contained alpha-sulfofatty acid salts, soap and alkyl polyglycol ether as surfactants and metasilicate, NTA and EDTA as skeleton salts (builder salts).

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