Patent ID: 6365567
Filing Date: 2002-04-02
Classification: C11D

Abstract:
A melt cast solid shaped detergent bar composition comprising:(a) 2% to 60% by wt. of water insoluble structurant; (b) 2% to 50% by wt. non-soap detergent active; (c) 0.5 to 30% by wt. of a salting-in electrolyte having a lyotropic number for an anion of the electrolyte which is greater than 10, wherein said anion of the electrolyte is selected from the group consisting of NO2âˆ’, ClO3âˆ’, NO3âˆ’, ClO4âˆ’, Iâˆ’, CNSâˆ’, C6H5SO3âˆ’, Cr2O72âˆ’, toluene sulfonate, cumene sulfonate, xylene sulfonate and mixtures thereof; (d) 30% to 80% by wt. water and wherein the composition exhibits yield stress values greater than 75 kPa as measured using the cheese wire cutter apparatus.