Claims
- 1. A creaseproofing composition comprising from about 2 to 12% by weight formaldehyde, from about 72 to 95% by weight methylolated carbamate, from about 1 to 6% by weight methylolated cyanuric acid and from about 2 to 10% by weight urea.
- 2. The composition of claim 1 wherein the methylolated carbamate has the formula: ##EQU1## wherein R is an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, n is an integer from 1 to 10 and x is 1 or 2.
- 3. The composition of claim 1 wherein the methylolated carbamate is a mixture of two carbamates, each carbamate having the formula: ##EQU2## wherein R is an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, n is an integer from 1 to 10 and x is 1 or 2, with the proviso that R and n are the same for each carbamate, the only difference between said carbamates being the difference in the value of x.
- 4. A process for preparing the creaseproofing composition of claim 1 comprising:
- a. reacting urea with a monoalkyl ether of an ethylene glycol having 1 to 10 ethyleneoxy groups wherein the alkyl group contains 1 to 6 carbon atoms;
- b. removing excess monoalkyl ether from the reaction mixture; and
- c. reacting the remaining mixture without isolation therefrom of any carbamate formed therein with aqueous formaldehyde.
- 5. The process of claim 4 wherein a 100% to 400% stoichiometric excess of the monoalkyl ether is used and the reaction is carried out at a temperature above 100.degree. C.
- 6. The process of claim 5 wherein the reaction is carried out at a temperature from about 120.degree. to 150.degree. C. for time sufficient to allow the urea level to decrease to about 1 to 8% of its original level.
- 7. The process of claim 4 wherein the monoalkyl ether is selected from the group consisting of the monoethyl ether of ethylene glycol, the monohexyl ether of ethylene glycol, the monoethyl ether of deca-ethylene glycol, the monobutyl ether of triethylene glycol, and the monoisobutyl ether of tetraethylene glycol.
- 8. The process of claim 4 wherein the amount of formaldehyde used is in a ratio from about 1.5 to about 3 moles of formaldehyde per mole of carbamate in the mixture and wherein the temperature of the reaction with formaldehyde is from about 20.degree. C. to the reflux temperature of the reaction mixture.
- 9. A process for producing the creaseproofing composition of claim 1 comprising reacting a composition comprising from about 87 - 99% by weight of a carbamate having the formula: ##STR3## wherein R is an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms and n is an integer from 1 to 10; about 1 - 8% by weight urea and about 1 - 5% by weight cyanuric acid with aqueous formaldehyde.
- 10. The process of claim 9 wherein the amount of formaldehyde used is in a ratio from about 1.5 to about 3 moles of formaldehyde per mole of carbamate in the mixture and wherein the reaction is carried out at a temperature from about 20.degree. C. to the reflux temperature of the reaction mixture.
- 11. A method for rendering cellulosic textile fabrics creaseproof by applying a solution of the composition of claim 1 in water, said solution having a solids content between about 2 and 80%, to the fabric to a wet pick-up of between about 50 to 100% based on the weight of the fabric, said aqueous solution also containing a catalyst capable of curing nitrogenous crease-proofing chemicals, and then curing the thus applied composition at a temperature in the range from about 250.degree. to 360.degree. F for a time from about 5 minutes to 1 minute.
- 12. A creaseproof cellulose textile fabric obtained from the process of claim 11.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation of copending application Ser. No. 178,395, filed on Sept. 7, 1971, now abandoned.
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