Abstract: A deodorant composition and method of making and using a deodorant composition are provided. The deodorant composition contains nanoscale antimicrobial particles where the nanoscale antimicrobial particles contain one or more antimicrobial agents and have a particle diameter in the range of from 5 nanometers to 500 nanometers.

Abstract: An aqueous concentrate of a tenside of the sulfate and sulfonate type containing at least about 20% by weight of a water-soluble salt of at least one anionic tenside selected from the group consisting of alkyl polyalkylene ether glycol sulfates, alkaryl polyalkylene ether glycol sulfates, alkyl polyalkylene ether glycol sulfosuccinates, alkaryl polyalkylene ether glycol sulfosuccinates, alkyl sulfates, alkaryl sulfonates and alkyl sulfosuccinates and a viscosity reducing amount of a water-soluble salt of a polyglycol ether sulfate selected from the group consisting of monosulfates of poly-lower alkylene ether glycols having a molecular weight of at least 600, disulfates of poly-lower alkylene ether glycols having a molecular weight of at least 600 and mixtures thereof and from 0 to a viscosity reducing amount of a poly-lower alkylene ether glycol having a molecular weight of at least 1,500; as well as the process of improving the flow behavior of difficultly pourable aqueous concentrates of at least one tensi

Abstract: An aqueous concentrate of a tenside of the sulfate and sulfonate type containing at least about 20% by weight of a water-soluble salt of at least one anionic tenside selected from the group consisting of alkyl polyalkylene ether glycol sulfates, alkaryl polyalkylene ether glycol sulfates, alkyl polyalkylene ether glycol sulfosuccinates, alkaryl polyalkylene ether glycol sulfosuccinates, alkyl sulfates, alkaryl sulfonates and alkyl sulfosuccinates and a viscosity reducing amount of a water-soluble salt of a polyglycol ether sulfate selected from the group consisting of monosulfates of polylower alkylene ether glycols having a molecular weight of at least 600, disulfates of poly-lower alkylene ether glycols having a molecular weight of at least 600 and mixtures thereof and from 0 to a viscosity reducing amount of a poly-lower alkylene ether glycol having a molecular weight of at least 1,500; as well as the process of improving the flow behaviour of difficultly pourable aqueous concentrates of at least one tensi

Abstract: A mixed nonionic detergent composition having a reduced viscosity at room temperature and whose aqueous solution has a substantially reduced viscosity at room temperature consisting essentially of:(a) from 40% to 60% by weight of at least one compound of the formula:R.sup.1 --O--(CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O).sub.n --Hwherein R.sup.1 represents the hydrocarbon moiety of a fatty alcohol having from 6 to 18 carbon atoms and n is a number from 4 to 15, and(b) from 60% to 40% by weight of at least one compound of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.2 represents an alkyl having from 8 to 14 carbon atoms and p and q are each a number from 0 to 15, the sum of p+q being a number from 4 to 15.

Abstract: Lithium soaps of non-terminal vicinal substituted fatty acids having from 16 to 22 carbon atoms wherein said vicinal substitution is a hydroxy group and a group selected from the group consisting of alkoxy having from 1 to 18 carbon atoms, alkenoxy having from 3 to 18 carbon atoms, and mixtures thereof, alkanoyloxy having from 1 to 18 carbon atoms, alkenoyloxy having from 3 to 18 carbon atoms, and mixtures thereof, said fatty acid being substituted with from 0 to 2 other hydroxyls; as well as lubricating greases containing said lithium soaps.

Abstract: This invention relates to a detergent composition comprising:(a) from about 40 to 60% by weight of compounds of formulaR.sup.1 --O--(CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O).sub.n --H (I)wherein R.sup.1 represents a saturated or unsaturated aliphatic radical of a fatty alcohol having from about 6 to 18 carbon atoms, and n is an integer of from 4 to 15; and(b) from about 60 to 40% by weight of compounds of formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 each independently represent an alkyl radical having from about 1 to 17 carbon atoms, the total number of carbon atoms in R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 being from about 8 to 18, and p and q each independently represent a number from 0 to 15, the sum of p and q being from about 4 to 15.

Abstract: At least water-emulsifiable plant growth regulators, especially for inhibiting the growth of sucker shoots of tobacco plants, consisting of fatty acid polyoxyethylene glycol ester mixtures obtained by ethoxylating fatty acids having from 6 to 12 carbon atoms with from 4 to 8 mols of ethylene oxide per mol of fatty acid; as well as the process of inhibiting the undesired growth of plants, particularly the growth of sucker shoots of tobacco plants, by the application of aqueous solutions or emulsions of the above plant growth emulsifiers to the plants.