Hand sanitizers are provided with improved aesthetics and skin-conditioning effects, such that healthcare workers and others subject to high frequency hand hygiene requirements are encouraged to comply with said requirements. The hand sanitizers provide excellent antimicrobial efficacy and skin conditioning benefits that actually increase with increased frequency of use. The sanitizing compositions are hydroalcoholic, and contain a synergistic combination of skin-conditioning agents.

Hand sanitizers are provided with improved aesthetics and skin-conditioning effects, such that healthcare workers and others subject to high frequency hand hygiene requirements are encouraged to comply with said requirements. The hand sanitizers provide excellent antimicrobial efficacy and skin conditioning benefits that actually increase with increased frequency of use. The sanitizing compositions are hydroalcoholic, and contain a synergistic combination of skin-conditioning agents.

The need for a liquid detergent composition suitable for washing dishes, fitting both in-sink as well as direct application habits, which provides reduced smearing when used in direct application dishwashing methods is met by formulating the liquid detergent composition to comprise a surfactant system, which comprises an alkyl sulfate anionic surfactant comprising C13 alkyl sulfate anionic surfactant, the C13 alkyl sulfate anionic surfactant comprising a specific fraction of 2-branched C13 alkyl sulfate anionic surfactant, with a specific distribution of the 2-branching.

The need for a liquid detergent composition suitable for washing dishes, fitting both in-sink as well as direct application habits, which provides reduced smearing when used in direct application dishwashing methods is met by formulating the liquid detergent composition to comprise a surfactant system, which comprises an alkyl sulfate anionic surfactant comprising C13 alkyl sulfate anionic surfactant, the C13 alkyl sulfate anionic surfactant comprising a specific fraction of 2-branched C13 alkyl sulfate anionic surfactant, with a specific distribution of the 2-branching.

A water-soluble container made up of two halves that seal together, each containing a plurality of chambers that may receive a cleaning substance, commonly a liquid or powder. This container is formed from four, water-soluble, flexible membranes with each half made up of two of the four membranes; a shaped membrane, and a non-shaped membrane, wherein the shaped membrane seals to the non-shaped membrane to form the plurality of physically distinct chambers. Each half is sealed independently to the other half and are subsequently sealed together at their non-shaped membranes to form the water-soluble container resulting in the outer surface of the container to be shaped on both opposing sides.

A water-soluble container made up of two halves that seal together, each containing a plurality of chambers that may receive a cleaning substance, commonly a liquid or powder. This container is formed from four, water-soluble, flexible membranes with each half made up of two of the four membranes; a shaped membrane, and a non-shaped membrane, wherein the shaped membrane seals to the non-shaped membrane to form the plurality of physically distinct chambers. Each half is sealed independently to the other half and are subsequently sealed together at their non-shaped membranes to form the water-soluble container resulting in the outer surface of the container to be shaped on both opposing sides.

A two-stage method produces a liquid soap, having an alkaline pH and stable viscosity, so as to be efficacious in controlling pathogens and generating a thick lather which optimizes its cleansing and disinfecting effects. The method involves saponification of natural and/or synthetic oils/fats using of two lyes—potassium hydroxide and sodium hydroxide—which, when combined in roughly equal proportions, yield a lathery liquid soap without the need for synthetic surfactants or chemical thickeners. The method is also distinctive insofar as it first produces a solid soap concentrate, from which the liquid soap can be made simply by dissolving the solid soap concentrate in water.

The present invention relates to: a liquid composition suitable for the washing of a semiconductor element provided with a low-dielectric-constant interlayer insulating film; and a method for washing a semiconductor element. The liquid composition according to the present invention is characterized by containing tetrafluoroboric acid (A) in an amount of 0.01 to 30% by mass, or boric acid (B1) and hydrogen fluoride (B2) at a (boric acid)/(hydrogen fluoride) ratio of (0.0001 to 5.0/by mass)/(0.005 to 5.0% by mass), and having a pH value of 0.0 to 4.0. The liquid composition according to the present invention can reduce the damage of a low-dielectric-constant interlayer insulating film, cobalt or a cobalt alloy, alumina, a zirconia-based hard mask and a silicon nitride during the process of producing a semiconductor integrated circuit, and accordingly can be used suitably for removing dry etching residues occurring on the surface of the semiconductor integrated circuit.

Detergent and/or disinfectant for washing and/or disinfecting The present invention relates to a washing and/or disinfecting agent for washing and/or disinfecting surfaces, in particular skin surfaces, which comprises a base agent which is designed and intended for washing and/or disinfecting surfaces, in particular skin surfaces, with at least one substance additive being admixed to the base agent, which, after contact with the surface, assumes a different color consistency than the base agent for a predeterminable period of time, so that the substance additive serves as a marking means by means of which it is possible for the user to read whether the desired points of the surface to be washed and/or disinfected have been wetted with a sufficient amount of the base agent or have been wetted at all and/or a reaction time of the base agent has essentially been completed.

Detergent and/or disinfectant for washing and/or disinfecting The present invention relates to a washing and/or disinfecting agent for washing and/or disinfecting surfaces, in particular skin surfaces, which comprises a base agent which is designed and intended for washing and/or disinfecting surfaces, in particular skin surfaces, with at least one substance additive being admixed to the base agent, which, after contact with the surface, assumes a different color consistency than the base agent for a predeterminable period of time, so that the substance additive serves as a marking means by means of which it is possible for the user to read whether the desired points of the surface to be washed and/or disinfected have been wetted with a sufficient amount of the base agent or have been wetted at all and/or a reaction time of the base agent has essentially been completed.