Patent ID: 6117834
Filing Date: 2000-09-12
Classification: C11D

Abstract:
A free-flowing granular polymer composition suitable for incorporation in a particulate detergent composition, the granular polymer composition comprising:(a) from 5 to 50% by weight of a dye-transfer-inhibiting polymer having the general formula I: ##STR3## wherein m indicates the degree of polymerisation, X is an anion, R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are independently hydrogen, alkyl or aryl, n is an integer within the range of from 1 to 5, and M is a cation;(b) a carrier material comprising from 20 to 95% by weight of a zeolite and a solid organic or inorganic acid selected from the group consisting of:(b1) 10 to 60% by weight of a monomeric acid; and(b2) 1 to 15% by weight of a polymeric acid.