Patent ID: 6177396
Filing Date: 2001-01-23
Classification: C11D

Abstract:
A stable, pourable, spherulitic structured surfactant composition consisting ofwater,more than 25% up to 80% by weight of the composition, of a total of surfactant, said surfactant selected from the group consisting of anionic, non-ionic, amphoteric surfactants and mixtures thereof,greater than 15% by weight up to saturation of an electrolyte to form with said surfactant and water, a flocculated viscous or unstable spherulitic structured system;0.005 to 5% weight of a stabilizer which is a hydrophilic polymer group having a mass greater than 300 amu, which is soluble in said composition, and is a C.sub.6-20 alkyl polyglycoside having a degree of polymerization greater than 1.2 up to 10, said stabilizer being present to provide less flocculated, less viscous or more stable composition, and said stabilizer being part of the total surfactant; andoptionally, 15 to 30% by weight of said composition of a builder selected from the group consisting of sequestrants, complexants, ion exchangers and precipitants,wherein said composition has a viscosity at 21 sec.sup.-1 shear rate of from about 0.3 Pas to less than 1.6 Pas, and wherein said electrolyte may act as said builder in said composition.