Herbicidally active spray composition
Abstract
Abstract A PESTICIDALLY ACTIVE COMPOSITION FOR VEGETATION AND INSECTS, AND PARTICLARLY DESIRABLE FOR SPRAY APPLICATION, IS PREPARED AS A LUMP-FREE STABLE DISPERSION EXHIBITING THIOXOTROPIC PROPERTIES AND HAVING VISCOSITY AT A GIVEN SOLIDS CONTENT GREATER THAN THE ADDITIVE VISCOSITIES OF INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS OF THE MIXTURE AT THE SAME SOLIDS CONCENTRATION. THE PREPARATIVE STEPS TYPICALLY INCLUDE FORMING AN ADMIX OF 20-80 WEIGHT PERCENT HETEROPOLYSACCHARIDE AND 80-20 WEIGHT PERCENT LOCUST BEAN GUM, USING THIS WITH A MINOR AMOUNT OF SURFACE ACTIVE AGENT, COMBING THESE MATERIALS PREFERABLY AS A PREMIXED HOMOGENEOUS BLEND, WITH AN ORGANIC LIQUID TO PREPARE A FREE-FLOWING SLURRY, AND MIXING THE SLURRY WITH AN AQUEOUS MEDIUM TO MAKE A SPARYABLE SYSTEM. MOST PESTICIDAL AGENTS ARE THEN ADDED TO THE SPRAYABLE SYSTEM.
Inventors
- 👤 Billy A Sprayberry
- 👤 Ted L Curry
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