Colloid systems and wetting agents; subcombinations thereof; pro – Continuous liquid or supercritical phase: colloid systems;... – Aqueous continuous liquid phase and discontinuous phase...
Reexamination Certificate
1996-11-26
2001-03-20
Dawson, Robert (Department: 1712)
Colloid systems and wetting agents; subcombinations thereof; pro
Continuous liquid or supercritical phase: colloid systems;...
Aqueous continuous liquid phase and discontinuous phase...
C510S492000, C568S022000, C568S039000, C568S046000, C568S055000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06204297
ABSTRACT:
This invention relates to improved surfactants useful as emulsifiers and in detergents and personal care products at very low concentrations.
Emulsification is an extremely important technology and it is a process which is used in detergency, emulsion polymerization, cosmetics, food, agrochemicals, paints, paper, transportation of crude oil, etc. Emulsifiers function as essential ingredients in personal care and household products; industrial and institutional cleaners including shampoo, car washes, carpet shampoo, hand dishwashing liquids, latex foaming and oil recovery compositions; and the like.
In order to form a relatively stable emulsion, an emulsifier is required to adsorb at an oil-water interface to prevent emulsion droplet coalescence. The majority of emulsifiers are synthetic surfactants or natural products with amphiphilic character. Presently, usage levels of surfactants for effective emulsification are usually above 0.1% active based on the total weight of the detergent solution which is used in the final use composition. For a given emulsifier system, it would be advantageous to use a lower amount of surfactant to reduce the cost and amount of surfactant waste discharged into the environment; and to improve the performance of final products (e.g., the film forming and water resistance will be improved in latex paints and skin irritation will be reduced for cosmetic products).
While conventional surfactants generally have one hydrophilic group and one hydrophobic group, recently a class of compounds having at least two hydrophobic groups and at least two hydrophilic groups have been introduced. These have become known as “gemini surfactants” in the literature (
Chemtech,
March 1993, pp 30-33), and
J. American Chemical Soc.,
115, 10083-10090, (1993) and the references cited therein). Other gemini surfactant compounds, that is, compounds having at least two hydrophilic groups and at least two hydrophobic groups are also disclosed in literature but often are not referred to expressly as gemini surfactants.
An intensive study of gemini surfactants as emulsifiers has been made. From these studies, it has been found that gemini surfactants are unexpectedly effective emulsifiers when used at very low concentrations in comparison to conventional surfactants. This finding is reflected in superior detergency at very low concentrations. Other performance properties related to emulsification as mentioned above can be also improved using low concentrations of gemini surfactants.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In accordance with the present invention, it has been discovered that gemini surfactants of the type described and claimed herein can be extremely effective emulsifiers for oil-in-water emulsions at lower concentrations than that needed utilizing corresponding conventional surfactants. Furthermore, the detergency is also improved over that provided by conventional surfactants at these low concentration levels. These novel gemini surfactants are also able to lower the monomer concentration of anionic surfactants when the two are mixed in a blend. This results in less skin irritation and the other toxic side effects of anionics.
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Dahanayake Manilal S.
Li Ruoxin
Tracy David James
Yang Jiang
Dawson Robert
Metzmaier Daniel S.
Rhodia Inc.
Waton & Kipnes, P.C.
Wood John Daniel
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