Patent ID: 8252071

Claim:
A composition having a homogeneous liquid phase comprising a) 70-95% by weight of a hydrocarbon fraction having a boiling point of from 130° C. to 425° C., b) 2-25% by weight of ethanol, c) 0.002% to 1.2% by weight of water, and d) 0.2% to 25% by weight of an additive, said additive comprising i) 5% to 90% of a nitrogen-containing surfactant of the formula where A is an alkyleneoxy group of 2-3 carbon atoms, n is 0-4, p is a number from 2-3, m is from 0-3, R is an aliphatic group or an acyl group of 8-22 carbon atoms or the group R 2 O(A) n R 3 , where R 2 is an aliphatic group of 8-22 carbon atoms, R 3 is the group C p H 2p , where p has the meaning mentioned above, or the group CH 2 CH(OH)CH 2 and A and n have the meanings mentioned above, provided that if R is an acyl group of 8 to 22 carbon atoms, then said nitrogen containing surfactant will have the formula wherein m is 1, n is a number from 0-2, the sum of all n being 0-2 and p is 3, Y is an alkyl group of 1-4 carbon atoms or the group (A) n H, wherein A and n have the meanings mentioned above, B is the group →O and v is 0 or 1 provided that when v is 1 then Y cannot be hydrogen, X is the group wherein A, p and n have the meanings mentioned above and r is 0-2, provided that when m is 0, r must be 0; the sum of all n in formula I being 0-5, and ii) 10 to 95% by weight of an alcohol of the formula ROH (II), wherein R is a hydrocarbon group having 5-24 carbon atoms.