Warewash detergent compositions with reducing agents to overcome corrosion challenges in stainless steel dish machines subject to conditions from chlorine sanitizing rinse steps (or other oxidizing chlorine containing compositions) are provided. Liquid and solid detergent composition beneficially containing a reducing agent that reacts with chlorine introduced in sanitizing rinse steps that follow detergent cleaning steps are provided. Methods for ware washing using the detergent compositions with reducing agents and methods for reducing residual chlorine in a ware washing cycle are also provided.

There is provided a maintenance liquid, which is used in maintenance of a device equipped with a discharge head for discharging an ultraviolet ray curable-type composition containing the acyl phosphine oxide-based photopolymerization initiator toward an attachment object, including a polymerizable compound in which a saturation solubility of an acyl phosphine oxide-based photopolymerization initiator at 20° C. is equal to or greater than 5.0% by mass.

Methods employing detergent compositions effective for reducing hard water scale and accumulation on hard surfaces, namely within food, beverage and pharmaceutical applications are disclosed. The detergent compositions employ phosphinosuccinic acid adducts in combination with an alkalinity source and optionally polymers, surfactants and/or oxidizers, providing alkaline compositions having a pH between about 10 and 13.5.

An automatic dishwashing composition is provided including a builder; a phosphonate; a nonionic surfactant; and a dispersant polymer comprising: 60 to 98 wt % of structural units of formula I

##STR00001## wherein each R.sup.1 is independently selected from a hydrogen and a —CH.sub.3 group; and 2 to 40 wt % of structural units of formula II

##STR00002## wherein each R.sup.2 is independently selected from a —C.sub.1-4 alkyl group and wherein each R.sup.3 is independently selected from a hydrogen and a methyl group.

The present invention provides a surface treatment agent which is capable of efficiently removing oily substances from the surface of a metal material, while removing scales and fumes therefrom at the same time.

A surface treatment agent which contains a chelating agent, a nonionic surfactant and an anionic surfactant, and which is configured such that the anionic surfactant is composed of at least one surfactant that is selected from the group consisting of phosphoric acid ester surfactants, carboxylic acid surfactants, sulfonic acid surfactants and sulfuric acid ester surfactants.

A bleach activator/complexing agent compound and multi-phase washing and cleaning agents including at least one liquid, low-water to water-free phase and at least one solid, pulverous or granular phase and containing at least one bleach activator, which is compounded with at least one complexing agent. Also disclosed are methods of using such agents in washing and cleaning.

An automatic dishwashing composition is provided including a builder; a phosphonate; a nonionic surfactant; and a dispersant polymer, comprising: 10 to 65 wt % of structural units of formula I ##STR00001##
wherein each R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 is independently selected from a hydrogen and a C.sub.1-3 alkyl group; 10 to 80 wt % of structural units of formula II ##STR00002##
wherein each R.sup.3 is independently selected from a hydrogen and a —C(O)CH.sub.3 group; and 10 to 65 wt % of structural units of formula III ##STR00003##
wherein each R.sup.4 is independently selected from a hydrogen and a —CH.sub.3 group; and wherein at least one of R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 is a C.sub.1-3 alkyl group in at least 1 mol % of the structural units of formula I in the dispersant polymer; wherein the dispersant polymer has a lactone end group and wherein the dispersant polymer has a weight average molecular weight of 1,500 to 6,000 Daltons.

An automatic dishwashing composition is provided, comprising: builder; nonionic surfactant; first dispersant polymer comprising: 60 to 98 wt % of structural units of formula I, wherein each R.sup.1 is independently selected from a hydrogen and a —CH.sub.3 group; and 2 to 40 wt % of structural units of formula II, wherein each R.sup.2 is independently selected from a —C.sub.1-4 alkyl group and wherein each R.sup.3 is independently selected from a hydrogen and a methyl group; and second dispersant polymer comprising: 60 to 98 wt % of structural units of formula I; wherein each R.sup.1 is independently selected from a hydrogen and a —CH.sub.3 group; and 2 to 40 wt % of structural units of formula II; wherein each R.sup.2 is independently selected from a —C.sub.1-4 alkyl group and wherein each R.sup.3 is independently selected from a hydrogen and a methyl group; wherein the first dispersant polymer and the second dispersant polymer are different.

Described herein are fabric softening compositions novel fabric softeners and conditioners that comprises a formula with a polyhydric alcohol (e.g., glycerin) and a nonionic cellulose ether (e.g., hydroxyethyl cellulose (HEC)) backbone, and a plant-based softening agent comprising one or more agents selected from: a plasticizer, wherein the plasticizer is further selected from the group consisting of isopropyl myristate, isopropyl palmitate, isodecyl neopentanoate, isodecyl oleate, and diisopropyl adipate, or a partially hydrolyzed plant protein. Methods of manufacturing are also contemplated.

Detergent compositions that contain an enzyme, alkaline source, and phosphonate or amine phosphonate salt are described here. A use solution of the detergent compositions containing disclosed phosphonates can retain its enzyme activity for an extended period of time. Specifically, one specific type of phosphonates and another specific type of amine phosphonate salts were discovered to stabilize enzymes in detergent compositions. Solid detergent compositions that contain disclosed phosphonate or amine phosphonate salts are more effective to remove soils and can save production and use costs.