Floor cleaning and care compositions comprising two nonionic surfactants
View Patent ↗Aqueous floor cleaning and/or care composition, containing, based on the total composition, at least 3% by weight of a nonionic surfactant of formula I: wherein R 1 represents hydrogen or an alkyl radical having 1 to 18 C atoms, and R 2 , independently of R 1 , represents hydrogen or an alkyl radical having 1 to 18 C atoms, and the sum of the C atoms present overall in R 1 and R 2 is between 6 and 18, and R 3 represents an alkyl radical having 4 to 18 C atoms, and R 4 hydrogen or an alkyl radical having 1 to 6 C atoms and n is a number from 1 to 30 and m a number from 0 to 5.
1. An aqueous floor composition comprising:
a) at least 3% by weight of a first nonionic surfactant having the formula:
wherein R 1 represents hydrogen, R 2 represents an alkyl residue having 6 to 18 carbon atoms, R 3 represents an alkyl residue having 4 to 18 carbon atoms, and R 4 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, and an alkyl residue having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and n is a number from 1 to 30, and m is a number from 0 to 5; and
b) a second nonionic surfactant having the formula:
R 5 —CH 2 —CH 2 —(OCH 2 —CH 2 ) n —[OCH(CH 3 )—CH 2 ] m —[OBu] l —O R 6
wherein R 5 represents an alkyl residue having 6 to 18 carbon atoms, and R 6 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and an alkyl residue having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and the mean degree of ethoxylation n is a number from 1 to 30, the mean degree of propoxylation m is a number from 0 to 5, and the mean degree of butoxylation l is a number from 1 to 4.
2. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the composition contains less than 3% by weight of anionic surfactants.
3. The composition of claim 1 , wherein R 6 is hydrogen and m is 0.
4. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the ratio of the first nonionic surfactant to the second nonionic surfactant is 0.3-2.0:1.
5. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the total weight of the first nonionic surfactant and the second nonionic surfactant is from about 5 to about 35% by weight.
6. The composition of claim 1 , further comprising a glycol selected from the group consisting of polyethylene glycol, polypropylene glycol, and mixtures thereof.
7. The composition of claim 6 , wherein the glycol is present from about 0.01 to about 5% by weight.
8. An aqueous floor composition comprising:
a) at least 3% by weight of a first nonionic surfactant having the formula:
wherein R 1 represents an alkyl residue having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, R 2 represents an alkyl residue having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, and the sum of total carbon atoms present in R 1 and R 2 is between 6 and 18, R 3 represents an alkyl residue having 4 to 18 carbon atoms, and R 4 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and an alkyl residue having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and n is a number from 1 to 30, and m is a number from 0 to 5; and
(b) a second nonionic surfactant having the formula:
R 5 —CH 2 —CH 2 —(OCH 2 —CH 2 ) n —[OCH(CH 3 )—CH 2 ] m —[OBu] l —O R 6
wherein R 5 represents an alkyl residue having 6 to 18 carbon atoms and R 6 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and an alkyl residue having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and the mean degree of ethoxylation n is a number from 1 to 30, the mean degree of propoxylation m is a number from 0 to 5, and the mean degree of butoxylation l is a number from 1 to 4.
9. The composition of claim 8 , wherein the composition contains less than 3% by weight of anionic surfactants.
10. The composition of claim 8 , wherein the ratio of the first nonionic surfactant to the second nonionic surfactant is 0.3-2.0:1.
11. The composition of claim 8 , wherein the total weight of the first nonionic surfactant and the second nonionic surfactant is from about 5 to about 35% by weight.
12. The composition of claim 8 , further comprising a glycol selected from the group consisting of polyethylene glycol, polypropylene glycol, and mixtures thereof.
13. The composition of claim 12 , wherein the glycol is present from about 0.01 to about 5% by weight.