Patent ID: 6821939
Filing Date: 2004-11-23
Classification: C11D

Abstract:
A clear microemulsion light duty liquid cleaning composition which comprises approximately by weight:(a) 18% to 32% of a mixture of an alkali metal salt of an anionic sulfonate surfactant, a magnesium salt of an anionic sulfonate surfactant and an alkali metal salt or ammonium salt of a C8-C18 ethoxylated alkyl ether sulfate and/or a C8-C18 alkyl ether sulfate, wherein the weight ratio of the two sulfonate surfactant to the sulfate surfactant is from 1.5:1 to 0.5:1; (b) 2% to 10% of hydroxy sultaine surfactant; (c) 5% to 20% of an alkyl polyglucoside surfactant; (d) 0.1% to 5% of a hydroxy aliphatic acid selected from the group consisting of glycol acid, salicylic acid, tartaric acid, citric acid and lactic acid and mixtures thereof; (e) 0 to 10% of at least one solubilizing agent; (f) 0 to 2% of a preservative; and (g) the balance being water, wherein the composition does not contain a C8-C18 alkyl or alkenyl monobase or dibasic acid which does not contain a hydroxy group, phosphoric acid or an amino alkylene phosphonic acid.