Provided is a liquid detergent composition for hard surfaces which contains (a1) an amine oxide-type surfactant having at least one alkyl group or alkenyl group with 13 or more and 18 or less carbons [hereinafter, referred to as component (a1)]; and (b1) a sorbitan fatty acid ester in which the fatty acid residue has 10 or more and 18 or less carbons [hereinafter, referred to as component (b1)]; and water, wherein the mass ratio of the content of component (a1) to the content of component (b1), (a1)/(b1), is 0.4 or more.

Also provided is a liquid detergent composition for hard surfaces which contains a surfactant in an amount of 0.1% by mass or more and 20% by mass or less; and water, wherein the liquid detergent composition contains, as the surfactant, (a2) an amine oxide-type surfactant having at least one alkyl group or alkenyl group with 7 or more and 12 or less carbons [hereinafter, referred to as component (a2)] and (b2) a glycerin fatty acid ester in which the fatty acid residue has 10 or more and 18 or less carbons [hereinafter, referred to as component (b2)], and wherein in the surfactant, the total content of the content of component (a2) and the content of component (b2) is 40% by mass or more.

The present invention refers to a composition comprising two or more compounds of the general formula (I), a dry or liquid formulation comprising said composition as well as the use of said composition as surfactant or as anti-greying agent in a laundry process.

The present invention refers to the use of a composition comprising (a) at least one rhamnolipid of the general formula (I) and/or (b) at least one mannosylerythritollipid according to formulae (b1), (b2) and/or (b3) for degreasing greasy and/or oily deposits at temperatures of 40° C. or lower, the use of a dry or liquid formulation comprising said composition as well as the use of said composition as emulsifying agent at temperatures of 40° C. or lower.

The invention relates to a method of making solid cleansing compositions which comprise a non-soap anionic surfactant, a carrier, an emulsifier and water. The method entails preparing an emulsion of the components at an elevated temperature using excess water and subjecting the emulsion to cooling and solidification, wherein the water content is reduced. The invention further relates to the emulsions and to the novel solid cleansing compositions formed therefrom.

The present disclosure provides derivatives of amino acids that have surface-active properties. The amino acid can be naturally-occurring or synthetic, or they may be obtained via a ring-opening reaction of a lactam, such as caprolactam. The amino acid may be functionalized to form a compound that is surface-active and have advantageous surfactant characteristics. The compounds of the present disclosure have low critical micelle concentrations (CMC) as well as superior ability to lower the surface tension of a liquid.

Water-soluble refill dose articles have a water-soluble film defining a first compartment enclosing a concentrated cleanser composition. The concentrated liquid cleanser composition comprises an anionic surfactant, 0.1% by weight to 10% by weight water, and 20% or less by weight glycol. The anionic surfactant contributes to the % by weight water, and adding the article to water at a 1:1 to 1:20 ratio defines a cleanser volume and produces a liquid cleanser that is dispensable through a pump that forms foamed cleanser and has a viscosity within a range of 1 cps to 1000 cps. Kits having a dispenser and the water soluble refill dose article are disclosed that have a pump that can foam the liquid cleanser.

Water-soluble refill dose articles for forming a cleanser have a water-soluble film defining a first compartment enclosing a first composition and a second compartment enclosing a second composition, which are individual separate articles or are part of an integral article. The first composition has a rheology modifier, a first surfactant, 10% or less by weight water, 20% or less by weight glycol, and the first surfactant does not activate the rheology modifier. The second compartment has an alkaline substance that when mixed with the first composition and water activates the rheology modifier to increase the viscosity of a resulting cleanser and 10% or less by weight water. When the article is diluted in water at a 1:1 to 1:20 ratio, it produces a cleanser having a viscosity within a range of 2000 cps to 50,000 cps.

The subject invention provides microbe-based products, as well as their use to improve oil production and oil transmission and refining by, for example, remediating the disposable layers in oil tanks and other oil storage units. The subject invention can be used to remediate a sludge layer and/or other dissolved solid layers that form in oil storage tanks. Advantageously, the subject invention can decrease the cost of mechanical remediation of disposable layers, and aid in the recover).sup., of more pure hydrocarbons from crude fluids.

Described is a detergent composition, having a surfactant(s) and a carrier; whereby the composition is useful for useful for hygiene or consumer/home care products such as a dishwashing liquid, laundry detergent, hand washing liquid, or other household detergent-based compositions.

A composition is provided for a non-aqueous foaming aerosol cleaner or lubricant. Foam builders, especially silicone glycol copolymers, are used to generate high density foam of the solvent-based formula. A cleaning product variant may be introduced via an air intake route for loosening deposits in an internal combustion engine. The high foam aerosol product dispenses easily without causing engine stalling. A process of lubricating a target substrate is also provided.