A method of making a liquid laundry detergent formulation is provided, comprising: providing a liquid carrier; providing a cleaning surfactant; and selecting a cleaning booster of Formula (I)

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wherein x is 3 to 10; wherein y is 5 to 20; wherein z is 5 to 30; wherein x + y + z ≥ 18; wherein x ≠ z; wherein each R is a C.sub.7-9 alkyl group, wherein ≥ 75 wt% of the R groups are branched; wherein the selected cleaning booster of Formula (I) is selected based its cleaning boosting properties; providing the selected cleaning booster of Formula (I); and combining the liquid carrier, the cleaning surfactant and the selected cleaning booster of Formula (I) to provide the liquid laundry detergent formulation.

Described herein are aqueous cleaning compositions comprises a combination of polyalkylenimine and an acid, a surfactant, and a solvent mixture. Methods of making and using the same are also described.

There is provided a means capable of sufficiently removing organic residues present on the surface of an object to be polished after polishing containing silicon nitride or polysilicon. A surface treatment composition containing: a polymer having a constituent unit represented by Formula (1) in [Chem. 1] below; at least one of an anionic surfactant and a nonionic surfactant; and water, in which the surface treatment composition is used for treating the surface of an object to be polished after polishing,

##STR00001## in which, in Formula (1) above, R.sup.1 is a hydrocarbon group having the number of carbon atoms of 1 to 5, and R.sup.2 is a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having the number of carbon atoms of 1 to 3.

The product of the invention allows cleaning products to be obtained by substantially increasing the oil-to-soap conversion rate to minimise the amount of product to be used, with minimum energy use and maximum transformation speed, allowing work with large volumes of oil. For this purpose, the product for obtaining cleaning products from vegetable oils comprises the following composition in % by weight: sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS) between 9 and 11%, anhydrous trisodium phosphate between 4.5 and 6%, sodium stearate between 0.1 and 0.3%, xanthan gum between 0.5 and 0.7%, optionally brightener and/or perfume, and the amount of water needed to reach 100%.

A liquid laundry detergent composition capable of suspending particles and insoluble materials while remaining readily pourable. The composition is stable over long periods of time. In one aspect, the liquid laundry detergent comprises in an aqueous medium: a) at least one nonethoxylated anionic surfactant; b) at least one ethoxylated anionic surfactant; c) at least one nonionic fatty alcohol ethoxylate surfactant; d) an optional surfactant selected from a nonionic surfactant other than c), a cationic surfactant, fatty acid salt surfactant, an ampholytic surfactant, and mixtures thereof; and e) a nonionic, amphiphilic, emulsion polymer that is crosslinked with an amphiphilic crosslinking agent.

Laundry detergents and their use for cold-water cleaning are disclosed. The detergents comprise a lipase and a mid-chain headgroup surfactant or an alkylene-bridged surfactant. The mid-chain headgroup surfactants have a C.sub.14-C.sub.30 alkyl chain and a polar group bonded to a central zone carbon of the C.sub.14-C.sub.30 alkyl chain. The alkylene-bridged surfactants comprise a C.sub.12-C.sub.18 alkyl chain, a polar group, and a C.sub.1-C.sub.2 alkylene group bonded to the polar group and a central zone carbon of the C.sub.12-C.sub.18 alkyl chain. Surprisingly, when combined with lipases, detergents formulated with the mid-chain headgroup or alkylene-bridged surfactants effectively liquefy greasy soils at low temperature and provide outstanding cold-water performance in removing greasy stains such as bacon grease, butter, cooked beef fat, or beef tallow from soiled articles.

A laundry detergent composition including a dye fixative and an amine oxide. The laundry detergent composition characterized by the combination of the dye fixative and the amine oxide enables an improved color protection for colored fabrics.

The invention relates to the use of a detergent composition for removing hydrophobic residues and pigments on manufacturing or packaging devices or any other hardware used for manufacturing or packaging cosmetic or pharmaceutical compositions, said detergent composition including: a non-ionic surfactant selected from among the alkoxylated fatty alcohols; a non-aromatic co-surfactant selected from among the amine oxides, alkyl sulfates and alkyl sulfonates; and an organic alkaline agent selected from among the amino alcohols, excluding monoethanolamine, the non-aromatic co-surfactant being contained in the detergent composition in an amount of from 1 to 15 wt % in relation to the total weight of the composition.

A hand dishwashing detergent composition including anionic surfactant and an amine oxide surfactant including a low-cut amine oxide of formula RaRbRcAO wherein Ra and Rb are independently selected from hydrogen, C1-C4 alkyls and mixtures thereof and wherein Rc is selected from C10 alkyls and mixtures thereof, and a cyclic diamine of Formula (I):

##STR00001## wherein two of the Rs, are selected from the group consisting of NH2, (C1-C4)NH2 and mixtures thereof and the remaining Rs are independently selected from H, linear or branched alkyl or alkenyl having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms.

A hand dishwashing detergent composition including from 8.0% to 21.9% or from 23.0% to 40.0% of anionic surfactant and from about 2% to about 15% by weight of the composition of amine oxide surfactant including a) from about 10% to about 45% by weight of the amine oxide of low-cut amine oxide of formula R1R2R3AO wherein R1 and R2 are independently selected from hydrogen, C1-C4 alkyls and mixtures thereof and wherein R3 is selected from C10 alkyls and mixtures thereof; and b) from about 55% to about 90% by weight of the amine oxide of mid-cut amine oxide of formula R4R5R6AO wherein R4 and R5 are independently selected from hydrogen, C1-C4 alkyls and mixtures thereof and wherein R6 is selected from C12-C16 alkyls and mixtures thereof.