| abstract |
Materials consisting of textile fibers are simultaneously scoured and bleached in a non-aqueous medium by the method wherein at least one peroxide bleaching agent and at least one organic carbonate selected from the group consisting of alkylene carbonates and hydroxyalkylene carbonates in the ratio by weight from 10 : 1 to 1 : 5, are dissolved, emulsified or dispersed in a halogenated hydrocarbon to prepare a non-aqueous scouring and bleaching liquid, and the material is treated with the nonaqueous liquid. |