Highly alkaline surface active compositions

Claim 1

A HIGHLY ALKALINE SURFACE ACTIVE COMPOSITION CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF (1) A MIXTURE OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY PHOSPHATE ESTER OF P2O5 WITH A NONIONIC SURFACE ACTIVE AGENT HAVING THE MOLECULAR CONFIGURATION OF A CONDENSATION PRODUCT OF AT LEAST 1 MOLE OF ETHYLENE OXIDE, AND UP TO AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO PROVIDE SAID AGENT WITH ABOUT 95% BY WEIGHT OF COMBINED ETHYLENE OXIDE, WITH 1 MOLE OF A COMPOUND CONTAINING ABOUT 6 TO 150 CARBON ATOMS AND A REACTIVE HYDROGEN ATOM AND SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF PHENOL, ALKYL PHENOLS, ALIPHATIC ALCOHOLS, FATTY ACIDS, FATTY AMINES, FATTY AMIDES, ROSIN AMINES, LONG CHAIN SULFONAMIDES, LONG CHAIN-SUBSTITUTED ARYL SULFONAMIDES, AND HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT MERCAPTANS, IN A RATIO OF 1 MOLE OF P2O5 FOR EACH 2 TO 4.5 HYDROXY GROUPS IN SAID NONIONIC AGENT, AND (2) AN ALKALINE REACTING INORGANIC ALKALI METAL SUBSTANCE SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF SODIUM AND POTASSIUM HYDROXIDES, SILICATES, TRIBASIC PHOSPHATES, POLYPHOSPHATES, CARBONATES, BORATES, SULFIDES AND CYANIDESA, THE AMOUNT BY WEIGHT OF COMPONENT (2) BEING WITHIN THE RANGE OF 1 PART FOR EACH 0.002 TO 25 PARTS OF COMPONENT (1) AND SUFFICIENT TO YIELD AN AQUEOUS SOLUTION HAVING A PH OF MORE THAN 12 WHEN THE COMBINED CONCENTRATION OF COMPONENTS (1) AND (2) IN THE SOLUTION IS ABOUT 0.3% BY WEIGHT.