摘要 |
Disclosed herein are alkaline baths for scouring textiles containing as a cleaning composition at least 0.05% of a mixture of a nonionic surfactant and a polycarboxylic acid or salt thereof of the formula <IMAGE> wherein x and y are integers from 3 to 9, x and y together equal 12, R1 and R2 are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and COOM with at least one of R1 and R2 being COOM, and wherein M is a member of the group consisting of hydrogen, sodium, potassium, lithium and ammonium, the proportion of nonionic surfactant to polycarboxylic acid or salt thereof being between about 1:0.4 and about 1:3.
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