Acidic fertilizer-containing slag

Claim 2

A PROCESS FOR MAKING AN ACIDIC SOIL-FERTILIZING AND SOIL-IMPROVING SOLID HYDRATED SILICEOUS GELATINOUS PRODUCT WHICH COMPRISES INTINATELY MIXIN DRY PULVERIZED SLAG WITH A HOT AQUEOUS ACID SOLUTION HAVING AN ACID CONCENTRATION OF FROM 35 TO 70 PERCENT BY WEIGHT BEFORE THE SLAG IS CONTACTED WITH THE ACID; SAID SLAG BEING COPPER REFINING REVERBERATROY FURNACE SLAG, A TYPICAL ANALYSIS THEREOF COMPRISING ABOUT 30 PERCENT BY WEIGHT OF SILICON DIOXIDE, ABOUT 15 TO 35 PERCENT BY WEIGHT OF IRON, A TOTAL OF APPROXIMATELY 16 TO 22 PERCENT BY WEIGHT OF CALCIUM, ALUMINUM, MAGNESIUM AND MANGANESE (EXPRESSED AS OXIDES), APPROXIMATELY 1 PERCENT BY WEIGHT OF SULFUR, APPROXIMATELY 7 PERCENT BY WEIGHT OF COMBINED OXYGEN AND APPROXIMATELY 2 TO 4 PERCENT BY WEIGHT OF ZINC COPPER, LEAD BORON AND MOLYBDENUM; SAID ACID BEING A MEMBER SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF SULFURIC ACID PHOSPHORIC ACID AND A MIXTURE OF SULFURIC AND PHOSPHORIC ACIS, AND SAID HOT AQUEOUS ACID SOLUTION BEING AT A TEMPERATURE FROM ABOUT 212*F. TO AT MOST THE BOILING POINT OF THE AQUEOUS ACID SOLUTION; WHEREBY AN ACIDIC SOILFERTILIZING AND SOIL-IMPROVING SOLID HYDRATED SILICEOUS GELATINOUS PRODUCT IS PRODUCED.

Claim 3

SOLID DRY ACIDIC GRANULAR GELATIONOUS HYDROUS SILICATE SOIL-IMPROVING AND SOIL-FERTILIZIZNG PRODUCT COMPRISING WITHIN A HYDROPHILIC COLLOID MOLECULAR BRANCH STRUCTURE, (1) HYDRATE OF FERROUS SULFATE, (2) FERROUS SULFATO ACID, (3) CALCIUM AND MAGNESIUM SULFATES, (4) UNREACTED SULFURIC ACID COMBINED PHYSICALLY WITH FERROUS SULFATE (5) GELS OF SILICIC ACID AND ALUMINUM OXIDE, AND (6) TRACE AMOUNTS OF SULFATES AND OXIDES WHICH ARE REACTION PRODUCTS OF (A) AT LEAST ONE METALLIC ELEMENT SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ZINC, COPPER, MAGANESE, BORON AND MOLYBDENUM AND (B) SULFURIC ACID; THE GELATINOUS PRODUCT HOLDING THE ABOVE-DEFINED CONSTITUENTS IN A STATE OF READINESS FOR SLOW LIBERATION THROUGH PROGRESSIVE DECOMPOSITION, BEING NON-TOXIC TO SOIL, BEING CAPABLE OF REDUCING THE ALKALINITY OF SOIL, BEING CAPABLE OF REDUCING EVAPORATION-OF-WATER LOSS IN SOIL, BEING CAPABLE OF REDUCING TRANSPIRATION LOSS FROM PLANTS, BEING C APABLE OF INDUCING SOIL GRANULATION AND BEING CAPABLE OF ENHANCING SOIL STRUCTURE; SAID GELATINOUS PRODUCT BEING THE REACTION PRODUCT AT AN ELEVATED TEMPERATURE OF (A) 10 PARTS BY WEIGHT OF AIR-COOLED REVERBERTORY FURNACE COPPER REFINING SLAG, AID SLAG HAVING A TYPICAL ANALYSIS COMPRISING ABOUT 30 PERCENT BY WEIGHT OF SILICON DIOXIDE, ABOUT 15 TO 35 PERCENT BY WEIGHT OF IRON, A TOTAL OF APPROXIMATELY 16 TO 22 PERCENT BY WEIGHT OF CALCIUM, ALUMINUM, MAGNESIUM AND MANGANESE (EXPRESSED AS OXIDES), APPROXIMATELY 1 PERCENT BY WEIGHT OF SULFUR, APPROXIMATELY 7 PERCENT BY WEIGHT OF COMBINED OXYGEN AND APROXIMATELY 2 TO 4 PERCENT BY WEIGHT OF ZINC, COPPER, LEAD, BORON AND MOLYBDENUM, (B) FROM 5 TO 10 PARTS BY WEIGHT OF SULFURIC ACID AND (C) FROM 3 TO 12 PARTS BY WEIGHT OF WATER, THE ELEVATED TEMPERATURE BEING ABOVE 212*F. AND AT MOST THE TEMPERATURE AT WHICH THE WATER AND ACID ADMIXTURE BOILS, THE CONCENTRATION OF ACID IN SAID WATE AND ACID ADMIXTURE BEING FROM 35 TO 70 PERCENT PRIOR TO CONTACT WITH THE SLAG BEING OF A PARTICLE SIZE NO COARSER THAN 100 MESH.

Claim 4

SOLID DRY ACIDIC GRANULAR GELATIONOUS HYDROUS SILICATE SOIL-IMPROVING AND SOIL-FERTILIZIZNG PRODUCT COMPRISING WITHIN A HYDROPHILIC COLLOID MOLECULAR BRANCH STRUCTURE, (1) HYDRATE OF FERROUS SULFATE, (2) FERROUS SULFATO ACID, (3) CALCIUM AND MAGNESIUM SULFATES, (4) UNREACTED SULFURIC ACID COMBINED PHYSICALLY WITH FERROUS SULFATE (5) GELS OF SILICIC ACID AND ALUMINUM OXIDE, AND (6) TRACE AMOUNTS OF SULFATES AND OXIDES WHICH ARE REACTION PRODUCTS OF (A) AT LEAST ONE METALLIC ELEMENT SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ZINC, COPPER, MAGANESE, BORON AND MOLYBDENUM AND (B) SULFURIC ACID; THE GELATINOUS PRODUCT HOLDING THE ABOVE-DEFINED CONSTITUENTS IN A STATE OF READINESS FOR SLOW LIBERATION THROUGH PROGRESSIVE DECOMPOSITION, BEING NON-TOXIC TO SOIL, BEING CAPABLE OF REDUCING THE ALKALINITY OF SOIL, BEING CAPABLE OF REDUCING EVAPORATION-OF-WATER LOSS IN SOIL, BEING CAPABLE OF REDUCING TRANSPIRATION LOSS FROM PLANTS, BEING C APABLE OF INDUCING SOIL GRANULATION AND BEING CAPABLE OF ENHANCING SOIL STRUCTURE; SAID GELATINOUS PRODUCT BEING THE REACTION PRODUCT AT AN ELEVATED TEMPERATURE OF (A) 10 PARTS BY WEIGHT OF AIR-COOLED REVERBERTORY FURNACE COPPER REFINING SLAG, AID SLAG HAVING A TYPICAL ANALYSIS COMPRISING ABOUT 30 PERCENT BY WEIGHT OF SILICON DIOXIDE, ABOUT 15 TO 35 PERCENT BY WEIGHT OF IRON, A TOTAL OF APPROXIMATELY 16 TO 22 PERCENT BY WEIGHT OF CALCIUM, ALUMINUM, MAGNESIUM AND MANGANESE (EXPRESSED AS OXIDES), APPROXIMATELY 1 PERCENT BY WEIGHT OF SULFUR, APPROXIMATELY 7 PERCENT BY WEIGHT OF COMBINED OXYGEN AND APROXIMATELY 2 TO 4 PERCENT BY WEIGHT OF ZINC, COPPER, LEAD, BORON AND MOLYBDENUM, (B) FROM 5 TO 10 PARTS BY WEIGHT OF SULFURIC ACID AND (C) FROM 3 TO 12 PARTS BY WEIGHT OF WATER, THE ELEVATED TEMPERATURE BEING ABOVE 212*F. AND AT MOST THE TEMPERATURE AT WHICH THE WATER AND ACID ADMIXTURE BOILS, THE CONCENTRATION OF ACID IN SAID WATE AND ACID ADMIXTURE BEING FROM 35 TO 70 PERCENT PRIOR TO CONTACT WITH THE SLAG BEING OF A PARTICLE SIZE NO COARSER THAN 100 MESH.