Patent ID: 6034045
Filing Date: 2000-03-07
Classification: C11D

Abstract:
A liquid, aqueous, laundry detergent composition which has a pH in the range of about 7.0 to about 12.2 and comprises at least one active surfactant; an at least partially neutralized copolymer of about 50 to about 95 wt. % of acrylic acid, and about 5 to 50 wt. % of maleic acid, said copolymer having a number average molecular weight of about 2000 to about 3000 and being present in an amount equivalent to about 0.025 to about 1 wt. % of said copolymer before neutralization; and about 30 to about 95 wt. % of water, based on the total weight of the composition, said composition being devoid of any carbonate builder, phosphorus-containing builder or phosphorus-containing sequestering agent.