Surfactants for solvent/water systems and textile treating compositions

Abstract

Abstract DISCLOSED ARE (A) NOVEL SURFACTANT COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING A BLEND OF A CATIONIC SURFACTANT REPRESENTED BY THE FORMULA H-(O-CNH2N)X-O-CNH2N-N(+)(-R)(-R'')-CNH2N-O-(CNH2N-O)Y-H X(-) WHEREIN N REPRESENTS AN INTEGER FROM 2 TO 4, X REPRESENTS A NUMBER FROM 0 TO 100, Y REPRESENTS A NUMBER FROM 0 TO 100, R REPRESENTS A RADICAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ALKYL AND ALKENYL RADICALS CONTAINING FROM 6 TO 22 CARBON ATOMS, R'' REPRESENTS A RADICAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ALKYL AND HYDROXYALKYL RADICALS CONTAINING FROM 1 TO 5 CARBON ATOMS, AND X REPRESENTS AN ANION, AND AN ANIONIC SURFACTANT CHARACTERIZED BY A GENERALIZED FORMULA SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF THE FOLLOWING GENERALIZED FORMULAE WHEREIN IDENTICAL SYMBOLS HAVE IDENTICAL SIGNIFICATION: R1-A-SO3(-) Y(+) AND R1-O-SO3(-) Y(+) WHEREIN R1 REPRESENTS A RADICAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTIG OF ALKYL AND ALKENYL RADICALS CONTAINING FROM 6 TO 22 CARBON ATOMS, A REPRESENTS AN ARYLENE RADICAL, AND Y REPRESENTS A CATION; (B) A FLUID CARRIER COMPOSITION FOR THE TREATMENT AND PROCESSING OF TEXTILE MATERIALS WHICH COMPRISES WATER, AN ORGANIC LIQUID, AND SAID NOVEL SURFACTANT COMPOSITION; AND (C) TEXTILE TREATING COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING SAID FLUID CARRIER COMPOSITION AND A TEXTILE TREATING AGENT. ALSO DISCLOSED IS A TEXTILE TREATING COMPOSITION COMPRISING A BLEND OF A TEXTILE SOFTENTING AGENT AND SAID NOVEL SURFACTANT COMPOSITION.

Inventors

• 👤 K Graff

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