Patent ID: 6251844
Filing Date: 2001-06-26
Classification: C11D

Abstract:
A clear microemulsion light duty liquid cleaning composition which comprises approximately by weight:(a) 10% to 56% 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 20 to 1:1;(b) 0.1% to 6% of a zwitterionic surfactant;(c) 0.5% to 8% of a polyethylene glycol;(d) 0.1% to 5% of a hydroxy organic acid is citric acid or lactic acid or mixtures thereof;(e) 1% to 12% of at least one solubilizing agent;(f) 0.5 to 5% of an inorganic magnesium salt;(g) 0.5 to 2% of water insoluble organic ester or a water insoluble material selected from the group consisting of terpenes and essential oils;(h) 0.5 to 2% of a thickener and(i) 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.