Patent ID: 6255269
Filing Date: 2001-07-03
Classification: C11D

Abstract:
A clear microemulsion light duty liquid cleaning composition which comprises approximately by weight:(a) 10% to 45% of a mixture of an alkali metal salt of an anionic sulfonate surfactant and an alkali metal salt of a C.sub.8 -C.sub.18 ethoxylated alkyl ether sulfate and/or a C.sub.8 -C.sub.18 alkyl ether sulfate, wherein the weight ratio of the sulfonate surfactant to the sulfate surfactant is from 15:1 to 1:1;(b) 0% to 10% of an ethoxylated nonionic surfactant;(c) 0 to 5% of a polyethylene glycol;(d) 0.1% to 5% of a hydroxy aliphatic acid selected from the group consisting of glycolic acid, salicylic acid, tartaric acid, citric acid and lactic acid and mixtures thereof;(e) 0 to 10% of at least one solubilizing agent;(f) 0.5% to 14% of a cosurfactant;(g) 0 to 5% of an inorganic magnesium salt;(h) 0.5% to 8% of water insoluble organic ester and/or a water insoluble material selected from the group consisting of terpenes and essential oils;(i) 0 to 2% of a thickener and(j) the balance being water, wherein the composition does not contain a C.sub.8 -C.sub.18 alkyl or alkenyl monobase or dibasic acid which does not contain a hydroxy group, phosphoric acid or an amino alkylene phosphonic acid.