Abstract: A reducing agent composition for iron oxide and/or iron hydroxide comprising components (A) to (C) and having a pH within a range from 7 to 11, wherein when the component (A) is dissolved in an aqueous solution containing the components (B) and (C), a redox potential reaches ?600 mV or less within 20 minutes after the dissolution of the component (A) is started, and a rate of change in redox potential reaches a value of 0 mV or more per minute within 60 minutes after the dissolution of the component (A) is started; and a method for reducing iron oxide and/or iron hydroxide, comprising bringing the reducing agent composition into contact with iron oxide and/or iron hydroxide. (A): Reducing agent; (B): Water-soluble metal chelating agent; and (C): Amine compound.

Abstract: A method of removing pollutants attached on a surface of interest, the method comprising the steps of: forming a coating film by applying a self-peelable film forming composition containing components (A) to (C) to a surface of interest on which pollutants are attached; drying the coating film; and removing the pollutants together with the coating film by self-peeling of the coating film due to the drying: (A) a film-forming component; (B) a volatile solvent; and (C) a silicone compound.

Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid softener composition having pH 2 to 5 at 20° C. and containing (a) a polymer compound having a weight-average molecular weight of 2,000 to 90,000 and containing specific monomer units (A) and (B) in a specific molar ratio, (b) one or more compounds selected from specific quaternary ammonium salts and amine compounds, and (c) at least one compound selected from water and solvents having a C log P value of 2 or less within specified ranges.

Abstract: In a bottle 1 having a waist groove 61 and a grasping recess 63 nearly in the center of the height direction of a body portion 4 for imparting the sloped surface of a waist portion with necessary strength and restoring capability so that the denting and deformation of the sloped surface of the waist portion are prevented and for forming an easily graspable container even if it is a thin-wall container of which the weight has been decreased, a finger receiving recess 62 having the form of a convex curved surface toward an inside of the container is formed in a region including a container bottom portion side connecting face 61c of the waist groove 61.

Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid softener composition having pH 2 to 5 at 20° C. and containing (a) a polymer compound having a weight-average molecular weight of 2,000 to 90,000 and containing specific monomer units (A) and (B) in a specific molar ratio, (b) one or more compounds selected from specific quaternary ammonium salts and amine compounds, and (c) at least one compound selected from water and solvents having a C log P value of 2 or less within specified ranges.

Abstract: In a bottle 1 having a waist groove 61 and a grasping recess 63 nearly in the center of the height direction of a body portion 4 for imparting the sloped surface of a waist portion with necessary strength and restoring capability so that the denting and deformation of the sloped surface of the waist portion are prevented and for forming an easily graspable container even if it is a thin-wall container of which the weight has been decreased, a finger receiving recess 62 having the form of a convex curved surface toward an inside of the container is formed in a region including a container bottom portion side connecting face 61c of the waist groove 61.

Abstract: The softener composition of the present invention comprises a compound having one or more C8-36 hydrocarbon groups and two or more groups selected from an amino group and a quaternary ammonium group in the molecule (component (a)), an anionic surfactant having a C8-36 hydrocarbon group (component (b)) and a nonionic surfactant (component (c)), wherein the molar ratio of the component (a) to the component (b) is from 90/10 to 50/50. This softener composition can endow cotton and cotton clothes in particular with a preferred softness, elasticity (fluffy feeling) and feeling of dryness with small oiliness.

Abstract: A softener composition that can impart a high softening effect to clothes irrespective of the state of rinsing water, which contains (a) a compound of formula (1) below, (b) a compound of formula (3) below, and (c) a specific anionic surfactant, wherein the mole ratios between the components (a), (b) and (c) satisfy the following relationship: [(a)+(b)]/(c)=9/1 to 4/6; and wherein R1 represents a C13-36 alkyl group or the like, R10 and R12 respectively represent a C8-36 alkyl group or the like, R2, R11 and R13 respectively represent a C1-6 alkylene group, R3, R4, and R14 respectively represent a C1-3 alkyl group or the like, A, D and E respectively represent —COO—, —CONH— or the like, and “a”, “c” and “d” respectively denote 0 or 1.

Abstract: A softener composition that can impart a high softening effect to clothes irrespective of the state of rinsing water, which contains (a) a compound of formula (1) below, (b) a compound of formula (3) below, and (c) a specific anionic surfactant, wherein the mole ratios between the components (a), (b) and (c) satisfy the following relationship: [(a)+(b)]/(c)=9/1 to 4/6; and wherein R1 represents a C13-36 alkyl group or the like, R10 and R12 respectively represent a C8-36 alkyl group or the like, R2, R11 and R13 respectively represent a C1-6 alkylene group, R3, R4, and R14 respectively represent a C1-3 alkyl group or the like, A, D and E respectively represent —COO—, —CONH— or the like, and “a”, “c” and “d” respectively denote 0 or 1.

Abstract: A softener composition improves the feeling of clothes and can impart high softening effect to clothes irrespective of the state of rinsing water and comprises (a) a compound represented by the formula (1) or (2), (b) a compound represented by the formula (3) or (4) and (c) a specific anionic surfactant, wherein the mole ratio between the component (a), the component (b) and the component (c) satisfies the following relationship: [(a)+(b)]/(c)=9/1 to 4/6: wherein R1 and R5 respectively represent a C13-36 alkyl group or the like, R10, R12, R15 and R17 respectively represent a C8-36 alkyl group or the like, R2, R6, R11, R13, R16 and R18 respectively represent a C1-6 alkylene group, R3, R4, R7, R8, R9, R14, R19 and R20 respectively represent a C1-3 alkyl group or the like, A, B, D, E, F and G respectively represent —COO—, —CONH— or the like, a to f respectively denote 0 or 1 and Y? and Z? respectively represent an anionic group.

Abstract: Provided is a transparent softener composition having a high softening effect and imparting good feeling to clothes. The composition comprises (a) a compound having one group selected from an amino group and a quaternary ammonium group and one hydrocarbon group having 8 to 36 carbon atoms in its molecule, (b) an anionic surfactant having a hydrocarbon group having 14 to 36 carbon atoms and a —SO3M group and/or a —OSO3M group [M: counter ion] in its molecule, (c) an organic solvent having a log P of 0.2 to 3.

Abstract: The softener composition of the present invention comprises a compound having one or more C8-36 hydrocarbon groups and two or more groups selected from an amino group and a quaternary ammonium group in the molecule (component (a)), an anionic surfactant having a C8-36 hydrocarbon group (component (b)) and a nonionic surfactant (component (c)), wherein the molar ratio of the component (a) to the component (b) is from 90/10 to 50/50. This softener composition can endow cotton and cotton clothes in particular with a preferred softness, elasticity (fluffy feeling) and feeling of dryness with small oiliness.

Abstract: The softener composition of the present invention comprises a compound having one or more C8-36 hydrocarbon groups and two or more groups selected from an amino group and a quaternary ammonium group in the molecule (component (a)), an anionic surfactant having a C8-36 hydrocarbon group (component (b)) and a nonionic surfactant (component (c)), wherein the molar ratio of the component (a) to the component (b) is from 90/10 to 50/50. This softener composition can endow cotton and cotton clothes in particular with a preferred softness, elasticity (fluffy feeling) and feeling of dryness with small oiliness.

Abstract: A softener composition improves the feeling of clothes and can impart high softening effect to clothes irrespective of the state of rinsing water and comprises

Abstract: The softener composition of the present invention comprises a compound having one or more C8-36 hydrocarbon groups and two or more groups selected from an amino group and a quaternary ammonium group in the molecule (component (a)), an anionic surfactant having a C8-36 hydrocarbon group (component (b)) and a nonionic surfactant (component (c)), wherein the molar ratio of the component (a) to the component (b) is from 90/10 to 50/50. This softener composition can endow cotton and cotton clothes in particular with a preferred softness, elasticity (fluffy feeling) and feeling of dryness with small oiliness.

Abstract: Provided is a transparent softener composition having a high softening effect and imparting good feeling to clothes. The composition comprises (a) a compound having one group selected from an amino group and a quaternary ammonium group and one hydrocarbon group having 8 to 36 carbon atoms in its molecule, (b) an anionic surfactant having a hydrocarbon group having 14 to 36 carbon atoms and a —SO3M group and/or a —OSO3M group [M: counter ion] in its molecule, (c) an organic solvent having a log P of 0.2 to 3.

Abstract: The granular detergent composition for clothes washing including a surfactant, a metal ion capturing agent, a crystalline alkali metal silicate, and an acidic ingredient, wherein the granular detergent composition includes at least two different granules: a first granule containing the crystalline alkali metal silicate, and a second granule, which is an acidic granule, containing the acidic ingredient. In the granular detergent composition, the crystalline alkali metal silicate and the acidic ingredient are being present in different granules, and the granular detergent composition shows alkaline property in distilled water at 25° C. and has a bulk density of 650 g/L or more. Since each of an acidic ingredient and a crystalline alkali metal silicate is included in a different granule, the initial rise in the pH at initial washing can be adjusted, so that a further improved detergency against the sebum dirt stains is exhibited.

Abstract: The bleaching detergent composition in a form of granules or powders containing an organic peracid precursor which produces an organic peracid upon reaction with hydrogen peroxide in water, the organic peracid having an alkyl group with 7 to 19 carbon atoms, and a hydrogen peroxide releasing material, wherein the bleaching detergent composition comprises the following components a) to c): a) one or more surfactants; b) one or more crystalline alkali metal silicates; and c) one or more agents for capturing metal ions other than the crystalline alkali metal silicates b), wherein a total amount of the above a), b), and c) components in the bleaching detergent composition occupies from 70 to 99% by weight, and wherein the weight ratio of component b) to component a) is b/a=90/10 to 45/55, and the weight ratio of component b) to component c) is b/c=7/93 to 75/25, and wherein the weight ratio of the organic peracid precursor to nonionic surfactants used as component a) is from 10/90 to 70/30.

Abstract: A washing method is described which has excellent washing power and a low surfactant concentration. The described clothes washing method comprises the use of a phosphorus-free clothes detergent composition comprising (a) one or more surfactants, (b) one or more alkali metal silicates, and (c) one or more metal ion capturing agents other than the alkali metal silicate (b). The above detergent composition is added to water in an amount sufficient to produce a washing liquid having the following washing conditions (1) a pH of not less than 10.60; (2) containing a material having an ion capturing capacity in an amount sufficient for theoretically changing the water hardness of said water to be not more than 0.5.degree. DH; and (3) having a surfactant concentration of from 0.07 to 0.17 g/L.

Abstract: A washing method is described which has excellent washing power and a low surfactant concentration. The described clothes washing method comprises the use of a phosphorus-free clothes detergent composition comprising (a) one or more surfactants, (b) one or more alkali metal silicates, and (c) one or more metal ion capturing agents other than the alkali metal silicate (b). The above detergent composition is added to water in an amount sufficient to produce a washing liquid having the following washing conditions (1) a pH of not less than 10.60; (2) containing a material having an ion capturing capacity in an amount sufficient for theoretically changing the water hardness of said water to be not more than 0.5° DH; and (3) having a surfactant concentration of from 0.07 to 0.17 g/L.