Heterogeneous surfactant granules

US5824633A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien · DE

Inventors

• Ditmar Kischkel · Monheim, DE
• Karl Schmid · Mettmann, DE
• Andreas Syldath · Goldkronach, DE
• Thomas Krohnen · Goldkronach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 31, 1997
• Grant date: Oct 20, 1998
• Expiry date: Jan 31, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C11D1/29
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Heterogenous surfactant granules consisting of an inner core containing a) alkyl sulfates corresponding to formula (I): EQU R.sup.1 O--SO.sub.3 X (I) in which R.sup.1 is an alkyl radical containing 16 to 18 carbon atoms and X is an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal, ammonium, alkylammonium, alkanolammonium or glucammonium, and b1) alkyl sulfates corresponding to formula (II): EQU R.sup.2 O--SO.sub.3 X (II) in which R.sup.2 is an alkyl radical containing 12 to 14 carbon atoms and X is as defined above, or b2) alkyl ether sulfates corresponding to formula (III): EQU R.sup.3 O(CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2).sub.n SO.sub.3 X (III) in which R.sup.3 is an alkyl radical containing 16 to 18 carbon atoms, n is a number of 1 to 3 and X is as defined above, and a coating over the inner core consisting of alkyl sulfates corresponding to formula (II), with the provisos that the ratio by weight of component a) to component b) in the inner core is 100:0 to 30:70, and the ratio by weight of the inner core to the coating is 99.5:0.5 to 90:10.