Process and composition for color stabilized distillate fuel oils

Abstract From the Canadian patent

This invention relates to processes and compositions for color stabilized distillate fuel oils which comprises an effective color stabilizing amount of (a) a tertiary amine having the formula wherein R and R' are the same or different alkyl groups having one to about six carbon atoms, and (b) a hydroxylamine having the formula wherein R and R' are the same or different and are hydrogen alkyl, alkaryl or aralkyl groups, wherein the weight ratio of (a):(b) is from about 1:1 to about 99.7:0.3. Preferably the alkyl, alkaryl, and aralkyl groups of the hydroxylamine have from one to about twenty carbon atoms. It is further preferred that (a) is N,N-dimethylcyclohexylamine and (b) is …