Process for preparing flakes of sodium metaborate and mixtures thereof

Claim 1

THE METHOD FOR PREPARING SOLID FLAKES OF A COCRYSTALLIZED SODIUM METABORATE-CHLORATE-ORGANIC HERBICIDE WHICH COMPRISES COMBINING BORAX AND SODIUM HYDROXIDE IN A MOLAR RATIO OF ABOUT 1:2 WITH FROM ABOUT 15% TO ABOUT 60% OF THE TOTAL WEIGHT OF SAID BORAX AND SODIUM HYDROXIDE OF SODIUM CHLORATE, DRY MIXING THE INGREDIENTS, ADDING FROM ABOUT 1% TO ABOUT 18% OF THE TOTAL WEIGHT OF THE INORGANIC INGREDIENTS OF AN ORGANIC HERBICIDE, SAID ORGANIC HERBICIDE SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF 2,4-DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID, 2,4,5-TRICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID, 2-METHYL-4-CHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID, TRICHLOROBENZOIC ACID, TRIBROMOACETIC ACID, 3-P-CHLOROPHENYL-1,1DIMETHYLUREA, PHENYLDIMETHYLUREA, 4-(2,4-DICHLOROBENZOYL)PHENYL A,A-DICHLOROPROPIONATE, N,N-DIBUTYLACTAMIDE LAURATE, TETRACHLOROHYDROQUINONE BIS-(A,A-DICHLOROPROPIONATE), CONTINUING THE DRY MIXING UNTIL THE REACTION BETWEEN THE BORAX AND SODIUM HYDROXIDE IS INITIATED, IMMEDIATELY PLACING THE PARTIALLY REACTED ADMIXTURE ON A DRUM DRYER HEATED TO A TEMPERATURE OF FROM ABOUT 80*C. TO LESS THAN THE DECOMPOSITION TEMPERATURE OF SAID ORGANIC INGREDIENT, WHEREBY SUBSTANTIALLY SIMULTANEOUSLY THE SAID REACTION GOES TO COMPLETION AND SOLIDIFIED FLAKES OF COCRYSTALLIZED ORGANIC-INORGANIC HERBICIDE ARE FORMED AND REMOVING SAID FLAKES FROM THE DRUM DRYER.