Fungicidal compositions comprising copper-8-quinolinolate solubilized with heavy metal salts of alkyl phosphoric acid esters

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A COMPOSITION ADAPTED FOR THE TREATMENT OF TEXTILE MATERIALS TO IMPART FUNGICIDAL AND PRESERVATIVE PROPERTIES THERETO COMPRISING A SUBSTANTIALLY NEUTRAL SOLUTION PREPARED BY MIXING A FUNGICIDAL AMOUNT OF COPPER-8QUINOLINOLATE AND A NEUTRAL HEAVY METAL SALT OF A MATERIAL SELECTED FORM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF THE MONOALKYL AND THE DIALKYL ACID ESTERS OF ORTHOPHOSPHORIC ACID AND PYROPHOSPHORIC ACID DISSOLVED IN A LIQUID HYDROCARBON SOLVENT THEREFOR, WHEREIN SAID HEAVY METAL IS A METAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF NICKEL, ZINC, COPPER, LEAD, IRON, COBALT, MANGANESE AND CHROMINUM, AND SAID ALKYL GROUP CONTAINS FROM 2 TO 18 CARBON ATOMS, AND HEATING SAID MIXTURE AT A TEMPERATURE AND FOR A TIME SUFFICIENT TO SOLUBILIZE SAID QUINOLINOLATE, THE AMOUNT OF SAID SALT BEING IN EXCESS OF THE AMOUNT OF SAID QUINOLINOLATE ON A WEIGHT BASIS AND THE AMOUNT OF SAID SALT BEING SUFFICIENT TO SOLUBILIZE SAID QUINOLINOLATE AT THE BOILING TEMPERATURE OF SAID SOLVENT, AND SAID SOLVENT BEING SUBSTANTIALLY INERT TO THE OTHER INGREDIENTS.