Pesticidal aerosol compositions

Claim 1

A PRESSURIZED, SELF-PROPELLANT, PESTICIDE COMPOSITION CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF: A. A STABLE OIL-OUT EMULSION; B. LIQUID PROPELLANT HAVING A SPECIFIC GRAVITY LESS THAN SAID EMULSION; C. GASEOUS PROPELLANT PROVIDED BY VOLATILIZATION OF SAID LIQUID PROPELLANT; D. PETICIDE; AND E. FROM ABOUT 0.3 TO ABOUT 1.5 PERCENT BY WEIGHT OF A POLYETHOYLATED LONG-CHAIN FATTY ACID EMULSIFIER HAVING THE GENERAL FORMULA: (LONG-CHAIN FATTY ACID MOIETY) (ETHOXY)X H, WHEREIN (LONG-CHAIN FATTY ACID MOIETY) IS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF: OLEIC, STEARIC, PALMITIC, LAURIC ACID AND MIXTURES THEREOF, AND (ETHOXY) REPRESENTS THE ETHOXY MOIETY (-CH2-CH2-O-) AND X HAS A VALUE OF FROM ABOUT 1 TO ABOUT 4 AND WHEREIN: (1) A PORTION OF SAID LIQUID PROPELLANT COMPRISES THE CONTINUOUS PHASE OF SAID STABLE OIL-OUT EMULSION AND THE REMAINDER OF THE LIQUID PROPELLANT FORMS A SEPARATE LIQUID LAYER FLOATING ABOVE SAID STABLE OIL-OUT EMULSION; (2) SAID STABLE OIL-OUT EMULSION CONSISTS ESSENTIALLY OF WATER, PESTICIDE, LIQUID, PROPELLANT AND A PORTION OF SAID EMULSIFIER; AND (3) SAID LIQUID PROPELLANT IS A NORMALLY GASEOUS PROPELLANT SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF HYDROCARBON AND HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON PROPELLANTS AND MIXTURES THEREOF.