Patent ID: 8877700

Claim:
An aqueous detergent that comprises substantially no polyalkylene glycol, the aqueous detergent comprising a salt of at least one of carboxylic acids A, B and C below: A: an aliphatic monobasic carboxylic acid having a total carbon number of 9 or 10 and comprising a branched alkyl group; B: sebacic acid; and C: an aromatic monobasic carboxylic acid having a total carbon number of 11 to 13, wherein the salt of the carboxylic acid is a salt of at least one amine selected from the group consisting of an alkanol amine represented by formula (1), an alkanolamine represented by formula (2) and triisopropanolamine: wherein each R 1 independently represents hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, where not all of the R 1 groups are hydrogen; and n represents 2 or 3, wherein R 2 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms; and Z 1 and Z 2 independently represent an alkylene group having 2 to 8 carbon atoms.