Manual Dishwashing Liquid 2

Ingredients	% Wt.
Texapon LS35 (Cognis) (sodium lauryl sulfate 35%)	7.00
Texapon K14 SPE (Cognis) (sodium myreth sulfate 28%)	7.00
EnviroSolve Silver or Gold (React-NTI)	1.00
Viscos-ABIT (React-NTI)	1.00
Plantaren 1200 (Cognis) (lauryl polyglucoside 50%)	4.00
Dehyton AB30 (Cognis) (lauryl dimethylaminoacetic betaine 30%)	1.10
Ethanol (Merck)	5.00
Rheovis ATC (Ciba Specialty Chemicals)	1.70
Potassium Hydroxide 50% (Merck)	q.s. to pH 8
Water	q.s. to 100

Procedure

1. At room temperature, add the alkyl sulfates to water while stirring (150 rpm).
2. Add the alkyl-polyclycoside, and then heat the mixture to 35°C until homogeneous.
3. Add Dehyton AB30 and ethanol; maintain the mixture at 30°C until homogeneous.
4. Slowly add Rheovis ATC to the formulation and adjust the pH of the formulation to 8 using the potassium hydroxide solution.