Treating compositions containing nitrogenous condensation products

Claim 1

A COMPOSITION COMPRISING (1) A HALOPHENOL COMPOUND SELECTED FROM (A) THE GROUP CONSISTING OF HALOPHENOL, HALO-CRESOL AND HALO-PHENYLPHENOL AND (B) WATERSOLUBLE SALTS OF (A), WHEREIN IN SAID HALOPHENOL COMPOUND, HALO IS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF CHLORO AND BROMO AND NUMBERS FROM 1 TO 5, INCLUSIVE; AND (2) A CONDENSATION PRODUCT OF FROM ABOUT 1 TO 2 MOLAR PROPORTIONS OF FORMALDEHYDE WITH ONE MOLAR PROPORTION OF AN ALIPHATIC ALKANLAMINE, SAID ALIPHATIC ALKANOLAMINE CONTAINING FROM 2 TO 5 CARBON ATOMS, INCLUSIVE, AND CHARACTERIZED BY HAVING ONE HYDROXYL RADICAL, AT LEAST ONE PRIMARY AMINO RADICAL AND EMBODYING A STRAIGHT CHAIN STRUC-TURE OF AT LEAST 3 ATOMS OF THE GROUP CONSISTING OF CARBON AND NITROGEN, THE NITROGEN IN SAID STRUCTURE BEING ATTACHEDD ONLY TO CARBON AND HYDROGEN, WHEREIN SAID CONDENSATION PRODUCT IS OBTAINED BY MIXING TOGETHER SAID ALIPHATIC ALKANOLAMINE AND FORMALDEHYDE AT A TEMPERATURE BELOWABOUT 60*C.; AND WHEREIN IN SAID COMPOSITION, THE CONDENSATION PRODUCT IS PRESENT IN AN AMOUNT OF FROM ABOUT 1/15 THE AMOUNT TO ABOUT 4 TIMES THE AMOUNT OF HALOPHENOL EQUIVALENT OF THE HALOPHENOL COMPOUND WHEN BASED ON WEIGHT.