Abstract: A cosmetic base material which consists of a synthetic saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon having 24 to 36 carbon atoms, wherein the proton ratio of methyl group to methylene group, that is, CH.sub.3 /CH.sub.2, within the hydrocarbon chain is in the range of from 0.25 to 0.6 and the pour point is in the range of from -55.degree. C. to 10.degree. C.

Abstract: A granular detergent composition comprising .alpha.-olefin sulfonate and poly(oxyethylene)-poly(oxypropylene) alkyl ether at the weight ratio in the range of from 4:1 to 1:1 and further comprising an inorganic builder possesses satisfactory powder properties and is sufficiently easy to rinse out after being used for washing.

Abstract: A method of bleaching olefin sulfonates, which comprises adding more than 0.1% by weight of hydrogen peroxide, with more than 0.1% by weight of phosphate alone or silicate alone or a mixture of the two, to an olefin sulfonate having 12 to 22 carbon atoms, and treating at a temperature in the range of from 30.degree. to 130.degree. C.

Abstract: An improved continuous process for the synthetic preparation of imidazoline compounds is provided by the invention in which a mixture of an N-alkylol-substituted ethylenediamine and a higher fatty acid is supplied continuously to the upper part of a packed reaction column kept at 180.degree. to 250.degree. C. under a reduced pressure of 40 to 70 mmHg while the water formed by the condensation reaction is distilled out in parallel with the refluxing of the diamine and the reaction mixture, having stayed for at least 10 minutes in the reaction zone, is continuously discharged from the reservoir vessel installed below the reaction column to give the objective compound in a high yield.

Abstract: Disubstituted aliphatic carboxylamidoamines of the general formula: ##STR1## wherein R stands for an aliphatic hydrocarbyl group with 7-17 carbon atoms and M for a hydrogen atom or an alkali metal atom. Detergents and toiletry compositions incorporated with the disubstituted aliphatic carboxylamidoamines are extremely low in irritating property to skin, eyes and mucous membranes.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for producing a clear aqueous solution of the magnesium salt of an anionic surface active agent by first adding alkylbenzene sulfonic acid to an aqueous slurry containing an anionic surface active agent and an alkaline agent in a specified amount and, then, adding a pH controlling agent to the resultant solution.

Abstract: A process for reducing adhesion of water-insoluble substances onto washed cloth by causing water-insoluble inorganic powder having an average particle diameter of less than 1.5 micron and selected from the group consisting of magnesium oxide, aluminum hydroxide, calcium carbonate, heavy, white carbon and titanium oxide to adhere to the surfaces of the particles of a silicate-containing granular detergent in an amount of 0.3 to 5 parts by weight of said powder per 100 parts by weight of said granular detergent.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for producing the magnesium salt of sulfonic acids and sulfuric esters comprising the step of neutralizing the sulfonic acids and sulfuric esters with an aqueous dispersion containing: (1) at least one neutralizing agent selected from the group consisting of magnesium oxide and magnesium hydroxide, and; (2) at least one neutralizing accelerator selected from the group consisting of benzoic acid, citric acid, malic acid, phosphoric acid, polyphosphoric acid and water-soluble salts thereof under a pH of not more than approximately 6.

Abstract: A process for improving the physical properties of granular detergents comprises making fine particles of calcium sulfite adhere uniformly onto the surface of the granular detergent. The amount of said calcium sulfite particles to be thus applied is in the range of from about 0.5 to about 5 wt.% relative to the granular detergent, and about 70 wt.% or less of this amount may be replaced with fine particles of alumino silicate. The applicable average particle diameter of calcium sulfite to be made to adhere onto granular detergent is less than about 4 .mu. and that of aluminosilicate is less than about 5 .mu..

Abstract: A granular detergent composition which comprises a mixture of surface active agents consisting of alkyl sulfate (AS) expressed by the general formula ROSO.sub.3 M (wherein R represents straight chain or branched chain alkyl group having 14 - 15 carbon atoms on the average, and M represents alkali metal or alkaline earth metal), an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal, .alpha.-olefin sulfonate (AOS) having 12 - 18 carbon atoms and polyoxyethylene alkyl ether sulfate (AES) expressed by the general formula R'O(C.sub.2 H.sub.4 O).sub.n SO.sub.3 M' (wherein R' represents straight chain or branched chain alkyl group having 8 - 12 carbon atoms on the average, n is an integer in the range of 1 - 8, and M' represents an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal), at a mixing ratio within the hatched area bounded by points a, b, c, d, e and f in the appended drawing, said mixture of surface active agents being present in an amount of 20 - 40 wt.

Abstract: A process of manufacturing C.sub.10 -C.sub.20 .alpha.-olefin sulfonate solution of high concentration, which comprises subjecting .alpha.-olefin sulfonates having 10-20 carbon atoms to neutralization and hydrolysis in the presence of (a) an alkaline material equivalent to the sum (A+B) of an amount of alkali (A) necessary for performing neutralization and hydrolysis of said sulfonates stoichiometrically and an amount of alkali (B) equivalent to 0.2-1.5 times as much as said amount of alkali (A) by weight, (b) an alkylene oxide derivative and/or a polyvinyl alcohol equivalent to 0.2-2 times as much as said amount of alkali (B) by weight, and (c) water necessary for making the water content of the neutralization-hydrolysis product less than 50%.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing granular detergents containing 15-40% of surface active agent, 5-20% of sodium silicate and 0.5-5% of aluminosilicate on a dry weight basis, which comprises subjecting a detergent slurry and an aluminosilicate slurry to spray-drying separately within the same drying space. The granular detergent thus manufactured possesses improved fluidity as well as reduced degree of hygrocaking property and compression-caking property. Incorporation in the aluminosilicate slurry with a small amount of an inflating agent will provide a granular detergent which is further improved in fluidity, hygrocaking property and compression-caking property.

Abstract: Granular detergent compositions with improved powder characteristics and good detergency are obtained by adjusting the proportion of an .alpha.-olefinsulfonate in anionic surfactants to 15-50% by weight, selecting the molar ratio of a silicate in terms of M.sub.2 O.xSiO.sub.2 wherein M stands for an alkali metal within the range of 2.5-3.6 and limiting the amount of an alkali metal sulfate to 4% or less in detergents containing builders comprising mainly silicates, carbonates and hydroxypolycarboxylates but being free of a polyphosphate.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for removing an aluminum halide or its complex catalyst from a polymerization product comprising the steps of adding to the polymerization product an aprotic polar solvent in an amount of 1.0 through 6.0 mol per one mol of the aluminum halide in the catalyst present in the product and sufficiently mixing them at a temperature of 70.degree. through 150.degree. C, and then, filtering the mixture at a temperature of 70.degree. through 150.degree. C. The addition of the aprotic polar solvent remarkably facilitates the separation of the catalyst from the polymerization product.

Abstract: A granular detergent composition contains substantially no phosphate builder component but has excellent powdery characteristics. The granular detergent composition comprises(a) 20 to 35 wt.% of a surfactant comprising an .alpha.-olefinsulfonate and an alkyl ether sulfate at a ratio of the .alpha.-olefinsulfonate to the alkyl ether sulfate of 1 : 1 to 5 : 1 by weight; and(b) 40 to 70 wt.% of a builder comprising a carbonate and a silicate at a ratio of the carbonate to the silicate of 2 : 1 to 5 : 1 by weight.

Abstract: Hair conditioner compositions suitable for use as after-shampoo preparations or before-shampoo preparations which comprise (A) 1 to 40% by weight of a liquid polymer that is obtained by polymerization of .alpha.-olefin having 6 to 18 carbon atoms and has an average of from 24 to 60 carbon atoms and a viscosity of 18 to 200 centistokes at 37.8.degree. C. (100.degree. F.), (B) 0.5 to 25% by weight of a surface active agent, and (C) 20 to 95% by weight of water.

Abstract: A method of preparing an olefin oligomer by polymerizing an olefin having 6 or more carbon atoms, wherein said olefin is polymerized in the presence of a catalyst consisting of (a) a polyhydric alcohol derivative obtained by replacing the hydrogen atoms of all the hydroxyl groups of the polyhydric alcohol by either acyl groups exclusively or by acyl groups and alkyl groups, both of said groups having 1 - 20 carbon atoms, (b) an aluminum halide in an amount of 1.1 - 2.8 mole per one ester bond or ether bond possessed by said polyhydric alcohol derivative and (c) metallic aluminum powder.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing sulfated cellulose using any of the Lewis base-SO.sub.3 complexes as a sulfating agent, which characteristically consists in thermally activating cellulose prior to its sulfation in tertiary amines or a mixture of tertiary amines and amine hydrochlorides, thereby enabling alkali metal salts of cellulose sulfate to be favorably accepted as a binder for dentrifice compositions.

Abstract: A method comprises in combination a step of effecting treatment by a foam separation method and a pressure/heating step for effecting treatment in the presence of an inorganic electrolyte, thereby recovering a nonionic surface active agent from a nonionic surface active agent containing waste water, while at the same time purifying the waste water.

Abstract: A cylindrical apparatus for continuous sulfonation of an organic liquid is provided with an annular feeding device for permitting the organic liquid to flow in the form of a film down a reaction wall. The annular feeding device is provided with a number of slots in a horizontal and equidistant manner in a row.