Abstract: Emulsifier-solvent scour compositions which are stable at elevated temperatures when incorporated into aqueous caustic media for treatment of textile materials. The scour compositions comprise an inert organic solvent media containing:A. 5 to 35% of at least one phosphate ester of an ethoxylated and/or propoxylated C.sub.8 -C.sub.24 aliphatic or aromatic alcohol;B. 1 to 10% of at least one C.sub.8 -C.sub.24 carboxylic acid of salt thereof; andC. 4 to 20% of eitherI. at least one member from the group of sulfonated fatty acids or salts thereof, ethoxylated and/or propoxylated C.sub.8 -C.sub.24 carboxylic acid or glyceride, sulfonated alkyl diphenyl oxide or salts thereof, or substituted imidazoline; orIi. at least one of an ethoxylated and/or propoxylated C.sub.8 -C.sub.24 aliphatic or aromatic alcohol, amine or mercaptan; a sulfonated alkyl benzene, condensation products or salts thereof; or a fatty diethanol amide obtained from reacting diethanolamine with a C.sub.8 -C.sub.24 fatty acid or ester.

Abstract: Emulsifier-solvent scour compositions which are stable at elevated temperatures when incorporated into aqueous caustic media for treatment of textile materials. The scour compositions comprise an inert organic solvent media containing:(a) 5 to 35% of at least one phosphate ester of an ethoxylated and/or propoxylated C.sub.8 -C.sub.24 aliphatic or aromatic alcohol;(b) 1 to 10% of at least one C.sub.8 -C.sub.24 carboxylic acid or salt thereof; and(c) 4 to 20% of either(i) at least one member from the group of sulfonated fatty acids or salts thereof, ethoxylated and/or propoxylated C.sub.8 -C.sub.24 carboxylic acid or glyceride, sulfonated alkyl diphenyl oxide or salts thereof, or substituted imidazoline; or(ii) at least one of an ethoxylated and/or propoxylated C.sub.8 -C.sub.24 aliphatic or aromatic alcohol, amine or mercaptan; a sulfonated alkyl benzene, condensation products or salts thereof; or a fatty diethanol amide obtained from reacting diethanolamine with a C.sub.8 -C.sub.24 fatty acid or ester.