Claims
- 1. A water-dilutable, silicone free composition comprising
- (a) a phosphoric acid tri-ester of formula
- [R--O(R.sub.o O).sub.k ].sub.3 P=O, (I)
- in which
- R signifies C.sub.3-6 -alkyl,
- R.sub.O signifies C.sub.2-3 -alkylene, and
- k signifies 0 or 1 or a mixture of said esters,
- (b) an iso-C.sub.6-16 -alkanol or a mixture of iso-C.sub.6-16 -alkanols and
- (c) a surfactant of formula ##STR2## wherein R.sub.1 signifies C.sub.8-15 -alkyl,
- Alkylen signifies ethylene and optionally propylene,
- m signifies a number from 2 to 15,
- n signifies a number .gtoreq.1,
- p signifies zero or a positive number and (n+p)=1 to 11
- and the molecule contains on average 1 to 10 ethylenoxy groups,
- or a mixture of surfactants of formula (II), of formula (III), or of formulae (II) and (III).
- 2. A composition according to claim 1 further comprising
- (d) a C.sub.2-6 -alkylene glycol or di- or tri-(C.sub.2-3 -alkylene)-glycol or a C.sub.1-6 -alkyl monoether thereof or a mixture thereof
- and/or
- (e) water.
- 3. A composition according to claim 1 wherein formula (II) contains on the average m.sub.1 ethylenoxy groups and m.sub.2 propylenoxy groups in total,
- wherein
- m.sub.1 =2 to 10
- and
- m.sub.2 =1 to 5,
- and formula (III) contains on the average q.sub.1 ethylenoxy groups and q.sub.2 propylenoxy groups in total,
- wherein
- q.sub.1 =1 to 6
- and
- q.sub.2 =0 to 5.
- 4. A composition according to claim 1 wherein (c) is a surfactant of the average formula
- R.sub.1 '--O(C.sub.2 H.sub.4 --O).sub.x (C.sub.3 H.sub.6 --O).sub.y (C.sub.2 H.sub.4 --O).sub.z H (II')
- wherein
- R.sub.1 ' signifies primary iso-C.sub.8-15 -alkyl,
- x=1 to 4, y=1 to 5 and z=1 to 9.
- 5. A composition according to claim 1 consisting essentially (i) of components (a), (b), and (c); or (ii) of components (a), (b), (c), and (d) a C.sub.2-6 -alkylene glycol or di- or tri-(C.sub.2-3 -alkylene)-glycol or a C.sub.1-6 -alkyl monoether thereof or a mixture thereof; or (iii) of components (a), (b), (c), and (e) water; or (iv) of components (a), (b), (c), (d), and (e).
- 6. A composition according to claim 1 wherein, in formula (I), R is branched and k is O.
- 7. A composition according to claim 1 wherein component (b) is a primary isoalkanol containing 8 to 13 carbon atoms.
- 8. A composition according to claim 1 containing 28 to 150 parts, by weight, of component (b) per 100 parts, by weight, of component (a) and 10 to 50 parts, by weight, of component (c) per 100 parts, by weight, of total combined components (a) and (b).
- 9. A composition according to claim 2 containing 28 to 150 parts, by weight, of component (b) per 100 parts, by weight, of component (a) and 12 to 60 parts, by weight, total combined components (c) and (d) per 100 parts, by weight, combined components (a) and (b) and wherein the weight ratio (c):(d) is in the range 0.15:1 to 2.0:1.
- 10. A composition according to claim 3 wherein m.sub.1 >m.sub.2, (m.sub.1 +m.sub.2).ltoreq.13 and q.sub.1 >q.sub.2.
- 11. A composition according to claim 3 wherein component (c) is a compound of formula (II).
- 12. A composition according to claim 3 wherein, in formula (I), R is branched and k is O and component (b) is a primary isoalkanol containing 8 to 13 carbon atoms.
- 13. A composition according to claim 4 wherein, in formula (II'), R.sub.1 ' contains 10 to 13 carbon atoms, x is 2, y is 1 to 2 and z is 2 to 4.
- 14. A composition according to claim 4 wherein, in formula (I), R is branched and k is O and component (b) is a primary isoalkanol containing 8 to 13 carbon atoms.
- 15. A composition according to claim 8 in the form of a reinforcing liquor further comprising a scouring agent, a desizing agent, a bucking and kiering agent, or an agent for the oxidative bleaching of a textile substrate.
- 16. A composition according to claim 10 wherein component (c) is a compound of formula (II).
- 17. A composition according to claim 12 containing 28 to 150 parts, by weight, of component (b) per 100 parts, by weight, of component (a) and 10 to 50 parts, by weight, of component (c) per 100 parts, by weight, of total combined components (a) and (b).
- 18. A composition according to claim 14 containing 28 to 150 parts, by weight, of component (b) per 100 parts, by weight, of component (a) and 10 to 50 parts, by weight, of component (c) per 100 parts, by weight, of total combined components (a) and (b).
- 19. A process for foam inhibition or deaeration of an aqueous system tending to the formation of foam or air inclusions or containing foam or air inclusions, which comprises adding a composition according to claim 1 to said system in an amount effective for foam inhibition or deaeration.
- 20. A process according to claim 19 wherein the composition is added in an amount effective for foam inhibition to an aqueous system tending to the formation of or containing foam.
- 21. A process according to claim 20 wherein the composition is added to an aqueous liquor for the treatment of textile material.
- 22. A process according to claim 21 wherein the treatment of the textile material with the aqueous liquor is carried out in the presence of a wetting agent.
- 23. A process according to claim 21 wherein the composition is added to an aqueous liquor for the pretreatment of textile material in the presence of a wetting agent.
- 24. A process according to claim 21 wherein the textile material travels at a velocity .gtoreq.40 m/min. during the treatment with the aqueous liquor.
- 25. A process according to claim 22 wherein the wetting agent is non-ionogenic or at least partially anion-active and the weight ratio of (a)+(b)+(c) to the active substance of the wetting agent is in the range 4:1 to 1:5.
- 26. A process according to claim 23 wherein the wetting agent is non-ionogenic or at least partially anion-active and the weight ratio of (a)+(b)+(c) to the active substance of the wetting agent is in the range 4:1 to 1:5.
- 27. A process according to claim 26 wherein the pretreatment comprises scouring, oxidative or enzymatic desizing, bucking and kiering or oxidative bleaching.
- 28. A process for inhibiting foam formation in an aqueous liquor for the treatment of textile material in the presence of a non-ionogenic or at least partially anion-active wetting agent which comprises adding to the aqueous liquor a foam inhibiting-effective amount of a composition according to claim 17 such that the weight ratio of (a)+(b)+(c) to the active substance of the wetting agent is in the range 4:1 to 1:5.
- 29. A process for inhibiting foam formation in an aqueous liquor for the treatment of textile material in the presence of a non-ionogenic or at least partially anion-active wetting agent which comprises adding to the aqueous liquor a foam inhibiting-effective amount of a composition according to claim 18 such that the weight ratio of (a)+(b)+(c) to the active substance of the wetting agent is in the range 4:1 to 1:5.
- 30. A composition according to claim 17 containing 50 to 100 parts, by weight, of component (b) per 100 parts, by weight, of component (a) and 16 to 35 parts, by weight, of component (c) per 100 parts, by weight, of total combined components (a) and (b).
- 31. A composition according to claim 18 containing 50 to 100 parts, by weight, of component (b) per 100 parts, by weight, of component (a) and 16 to 35 parts, by weight, of component (c) per 100 parts, by weight of total combined components (a) and (b) and wherein, in formula (II'), (x+z) is 2 to 9 and is greater than y.
- 32. A process according to claim 25 wherein component (b) is a primary isoalkanol with 8 to 13 carbon atoms.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/463,085, filed Jan. 10, 1990, now abandoned.
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