LEVELING AGENT AND WATER-BASED FLOOR-POLISHING COMPOSITION CONTAINING THE LEVELING AGENT

摘要

A leveling agent for water-based floor polishes which contains a nonionic surfactant, characterized in that the nonionic surfactant is at least one member selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by the general formula (1): R<SUP>1</SUP>-C(R<SUP>2</SUP>)H-CH<SUB>2</SUB>O-(C<SUB>2</SUB>H<SUB>4</SUB>O)<SUB>m</SUB>(C<SUB>3</SUB>H<SUB>6</SUB>O)<SUB>n</SUB>-H [wherein R<SUP>1</SUP> represents C<SUB>4-10</SUB> alkyl; R<SUP>2</SUP> represents C<SUB>6-12</SUB> alkyl; m is an integer of 1 to 10; n is an integer of 0 to 6; and the ethylene oxide unit(s) and the propylene oxide unit(s) are bonded in any desired sequence, i.e., in either block or random arrangement] and compounds represented by the general formula (II): R<SUP>3</SUP>O-(C<SUB>2</SUB>H<SUB>4</SUB>O)<SUB>p</SUB>(C<SUB>3</SUB>H<SUB>6</SUB>O)<SUB>q</SUB>-H [wherein R<SUP>3</SUP> represents at least one residue of one or more aliphatic alcohols selected among 3,5,5-trimethylhexanol, isooctyl alcohol, isodecyl alcohol, isoundecyl alcohol, and isotridecyl alcohol; p is an integer of 0 to 8 and q is an integer of 0 to 8, provided that p+q is an integer of 2 to 8; and the ethylene oxide unit(s) and the propylene oxide unit(s) are bonded in any desired sequence, i.e., in either block or random arrangement].