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Fuel and oil detergents

  • US 6,630,430 B1
  • Filed: 07/14/2000
  • Issued: 10/07/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/08/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A composition useful as a lubricant that is formed from components comprising:

  • a) a base oil; and

    b) an effective detergent amount of an alkylbenzene surfactant component, said component characterized as comprising any amount between 35.00% and 82.00% by weight based upon the total weight of the component, including every hundredth percentage therebetween, of derivatives of the 2-phenyl isomers of alkylbenzenes described by the general formula;

    embedded imagein which n may be any integer between 13 and 27, and in which R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 are each independently selected from the group consisting of;

    hydrogen, a methyl group, an ethyl group, a propyl group, a butyl group, a sulfonic acid group, a sulfonate group, and a sulfonate ester group.

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