Patent ID: 8119588

Claim:
A surfactant composition, comprising: about 0.1% to about 99% by weight of at least one surfactant having the following general Formula 1: wherein n is an integer from 1-30, or mixtures thereof; one of X and Y is SO 3 —Z, the other of X and Y is H, and X and Y are independently assigned in each repeating unit; A 1 and A 2 are linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated, substituted or unsubstituted, alkyl diradicals wherein the total number of carbons for each repeating unit is independent and in the range of C 8 to C 22 ; a is 0, 1, or 2, and is independently assigned in each repeating unit; R is linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated, substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon wherein the total number of carbon atoms is from 1 to 24; W is H or a monovalent or divalent metal cation, ammonium cation, substituted ammonium cation, or an alkyl or substituted alkyl group; and Z is H or a monovalent or divalent metal cation, ammonium or substituted ammonium cation; about 0.1% to about 99% of at least one carrier; and about 0.1% to about 50% weight of at least one solvent based upon the total weight of the composition; wherein the composition is a hard surface or substrate cleaner; wherein the solvent is selected from the group consisting C 1 -C 8 alcohols, glycol ethers, ketones, ethylene glycol, hexylene glycol, alkyl lactyl lactates, d-limonene, pine oil, essential oils, sorbitol, 1,3-propane diol, tertiary alcohols of up to 8 carbon atoms, aromatic-substituted alcohols, polyalkylene glycols having up to 6 carbon atoms per alkylene group, mono- or dialkyl ethers of alkylene glycols or poly-alkylene glycols having up to 6 carbon atoms per glycol group and up to 6 carbon atoms in each alkyl group, mono- or diesters of alkylene glycols or polyalkylene glycols having up to 6 carbon atoms per glycol group and up to 6 carbon atoms in each ester group, combinations thereof and derivatives thereof.