Abstract: The invention relates to a pulverulent laundry and cleaning detergents ingredient, to a process for its preparation and to its use.

Abstract: The invention provides an adsorbate which comprises a soluble zinc compound of a polycarboxylic acid adsorbed on crystalline alkali metal phyllosilicate, and the use thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to builder compositions with improved dissolution residue behavior, obtained by bringing a) crystalline layered sodium silicate of the formula NaMSixO2x+1*yH2O, where M is sodium or hydrogen, x is a number from 1.9 to 4 and y is a number from 0 to 20, and b) water or an aqueous solution or dispersion of at least one detergent ingredient, c) where the molar ratio of component a) to the water from component b) is 0.5:1 to 20:1, into contact with one another and subsequently heat-treating the resulting builder composition at 30 to 400° C. for 0.5 to 1000 min.

Abstract: The invention provides an adsorbate which comprises a soluble zinc compound of a polycarboxylic acid adsorbed on crystalline alkali metal phyllosilicate, and the use thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to builder compositions obtainable by bringing a) crystalline sheetlike sodium silicate of the formula NaMSixO2x+1.yH2O, where M is sodium or hydrogen, x is a number from 1.9 to 4 and y is a number from 0 to 20. b) water and c) an acidic, H+-releasing component, where the d) molar ratio of the crystalline sheetlike sodium silicate a) to the total amount of the releasable H+ of the acid component c) is 4:1 to 1000:1 and the e) molar ratio of the water b) to the total amount of the releasable H+ of the acidic component c) is 3:1 to 1000:1. into contact with one another. The invention also relates to laundry detergents, cleaners, compounds and water softeners comprising the builder compositions according to the invention.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pulverulent laundry and cleaning detergents ingredient, to a process for its preparation and to its use.

Abstract: The invention relates to laundry detergents and cleaners comprising microdisperse, hydrophilic silicate-containing particles. The particle diameter of the particles is preferably 1 to 500 nm. The addition of the silicate-containing particles leads to improved soil release with a simultaneous reduction in the tendency for resoiling.

Abstract: The invention relates to builder compositions with improved dissolution residue behavior, obtained by bringing

Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid to paste machine dishwashing detergent which, in addition to customary machine dishwashing detergent ingredients, comprises a crystalline, layered silicate of the formula aA2O.bBO.cC2O3.dD2O5.eSiO2.fH2O, in which A is an alkali metal and/or hydrogen, B is an alkaline earth metal, C is an element from the third main group of the Periodic Table, and D is an element from the fifth main group of the Periodic Table, and the following also apply: 0≦a≦1; 0≦b≦0.5; 0≦c/e≦0.05; 0≦d/e≦0.25; 1.9≦e≦4; 0≦f≦20. The invention also relates to a process for the preparation of this machine dishwashing detergent and to its use.

Abstract: Disintegration adjunct particles for use in detergents and cleaning agents include an alkali layer silicate and a water swellable compound. The adjunct particles provide increased disintegration of solid particles in detergents and cleaning agents by facilitating the penetration of water into the adjunct particles and hence increase the expansion rate of the water swellable compound. The adjunct particles may also include a readily soluble, non-bleaching active detergent substance to thereby increase the disintegration rate.

Abstract: The invention relates to builder compositions obtainable by bringing

Abstract: The invention relates to a granular alkali metal phyllosilicate compound which comprises a crystalline alkali metal phyllosilicate, a colorant and an additive. The invention also relates to a process for its preparation, and to detergents and cleaners which comprise such a granular alkali metal phyllosilicate compound.

Abstract: The invention relates to laundry detergents and cleaners comprising microdisperse, hydrophilic silicate-containing particles. The particle diameter of the particles is preferably 1 to 500 nm. The addition of the silicate-containing particles leads to improved soil release with a simultaneous reduction in the tendency for resoiling.

Abstract: The invention relates to a crystalline alkali metal phyllosilicate of the formula aMI2O.bEO2.cX2O5.dZO3.SiO2.eH2O, in which MI is an alkali metal, E is an element of the fourth main group, X is an element of the fifth main group and Z is an element of the sixth main group of the Periodic Table of the Elements and the following also applies: 0.25≦a≦6.25 2.5·10−4≦b≦5.63 0≦c≦2.81 0≦d≦5.63 0≦e≦15.3. The invention also relates to a process for the preparation of this crystalline alkali metal phyllosilicate and also to detergents and cleaners which comprise the crystalline alkali metal phyllosilicate according to the invention.

Abstract: A granular surfactant composition comprising sodium silicate and linear alkylbenzenesulfonates, wherein the granular surfactant composition has a mean particle diameter of ≧50 &mgr;m and an ffc value of ≧7; a process for the preparation of this granular surfactant composition, its use, and detergents and cleaners which comprise such granular surfactant composition and a process for the making of the same; and, where appropriate, the granular surfactant composition comprises other active ingredients and auxiliaries.

Abstract: The invention relates to a finely divided crystalline layered sodium disilicate of the formula NaMSixO2x+1.yH2O, where M is sodium or hydrogen, x is a number from 1.9 to 4, and y is a number from 0 to 20, which comprises from 0 to 40% by weight of alpha-disodium disilicate from 0 to 40% by weight of beta-disodium disilicate from 40 to 100% by weight of delta-disodium disilicate from 0 to 40% by weight of amorphous components, to a process for its preparation and to its use.

Abstract: A granular surfactant composition comprising sodium silicate and linear alkylbenzenesulfonates, wherein the granular surfactant composition has a mean particle diameter of ≧50 &mgr;m and an ffc value of ≧7; a process for the preparation of this granular surfactant composition, its use, and detergents and cleaners which comprise such granular surfactant composition and a process for the making of the same; and, where appropriate, the granular surfactant composition comprises other active ingredients and auxiliaries.

Abstract: The invention relates to a phyllosilicate-containing detergent and cleaner component which has a bulk density of less than 540 g/l, a mean particle diameter of more than 150 &mgr;m, a particle size fraction below 150 &mgr;m of less than 10%, a particle size fraction above 1180 &mgr;m of less than 5% and a flow factor of more than 15. The invention also relates to the use of the abovementioned phyllosilicate-containing detergent and cleaner component for the preparation of detergent constituents.

Abstract: The invention relates to a synthetic magnesium silicate having a layered crystalline structure, to a process for its preparation and to its use.

Abstract: The invention relates to a granular alkali metal phyllosilicate compound which comprises a crystalline alkali metal phyllosilicate, a colorant and an additive. The invention also relates to a process for its preparation, and to detergents and cleaners which comprise such a granular alkali metal phyllosilicate compound.