Dispersant for textile dyeing and optical brightening

摘要

A process for dyeing textile materials, containing natural and/or synthetic fibers, in an aqueous liquor by means of dyes which are sparingly soluble or insoluble in water, in the presence of dyeing assistants, wherein the dispersant used is a water-soluble sulfonic acid which is derived from a random copolymer of olefins of 3 to 6 carbon atoms and styrene and/or substituted styrenes and/or their alkali metal salts or ammonium salts.