Aqueous soluble mixed complex organic salts of aluminum sulfate

Claim 1

An aqueous solution of from about 10 weight % to about 60 weight % of a soluble mixed complex salt of aluminum sulfate and a neutralized organic salt selected from the group consisting of: (a) an aliphatic alcohol sulfate; an alkylaryl sulfate, an alkyl, aryl or alkyaryl sulfonate; a sulfosuccinate; an N-acyl-N-alkyl taurate; and a sulfoalkyl ester of a fatty acid; which mixed complex salt has the formula: [R--(OC.sub.y H.sub.2y).sub.n --A.sub.m --(O).sub.p --SO.sub.3 ].sub.x m.I[Al.sub.2 (SO.sub.4).sub.3 ] in which R is an aliphatic radical containing 1 to 30 carbon atoms or alkylaryl hydrophobic residue having an alkyl radical containing 1 to 30 carbon atoms; n is the number of alkylene oxide groups and can be from 0 to about 100; y is a number from 2 to 4; A is a radical selected from the group consisting of ##STR6## in which R' is H or an alkyl group of 1 to 4 carbon atoms; R" is an alkali metal or an alkyl group having from 8 to 22 carbon atoms; m and p are each the numbers 0 or 1, M is a cation having a valence of x, and is selected from the group of alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, manganese, zinc, copper, iron, cobalt, nickel, or nitrogen containing base radicals; x is the hydrogen equivalence value of M and can be 1 or 2; and I can be a number from about 0.001 to about 6; and (b) a sulfated ethylene oxide-propylene oxide block polymer, which mixed salt has the formula: I Al.sub.2 (SO.sub.4).sub.3.M.sub.d [(H).sub.f (SO.sub.4).sub.d (C.sub.2 H.sub.4 O).sub.a (C.sub.3 H.sub.6 O).sub.b (C.sub.2 H.sub.4 O).sub.c (SO.sub.3).sub.e H.sub.g ].sub.x M.sub.e.I Al.sub.2 (SO.sub.4).sub.3 in which b is an integer from 15 to 60; a and c are each at least 1 and a+c is an integer from 4 to 300; M, x and I are as defined above; f+d and e+g are equal to 1; and d and e are each a number from 0.1 to 1.0.