Washing power enhancer for detergents

US6180590A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Jürgen Huff · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Ulrich Steuerle · Heidelberg, DE
• Hubert Meixner · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Beate Ehle · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Wolfgang Paulus · Lam, DE
• Jurgen Alfred Lux · Niederkirchen, DE
• Lukas Haussling · Bad Dürkheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 28, 1998
• Grant date: Jan 30, 2001
• Expiry date: Oct 28, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C11D7/3281
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The use of an amine with an average pK.sub.A of from 1 to 14 as detergency booster, preferably in textile detergents, especially in color detergents, and detergent formulations containing these amines.