HYDROPHOBIC GROUP-CONTAINING COPOLYMER AND PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF

摘要

[Objective] This invention is to provide a novel copolymer suitably applicable to a detergent composition having an excellent precipitation inhibitory ability and showing a good washing effect even under severe conditions of washing with water used to take Japanese bath. [Solution] A laundry detergent or cleaning composition which comprises a hydrophobic group-containing copolymer characterized by having 1 wt% or more but below 50 wt% of a structural unit (a) derived from at least one kind of monomer (A) selected from ether bond-containing monomers.