Method of preparing slow release fertilizers containing a urea-paraffin wax adduct
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1. METHOD WHICH COMPRISES FORMING SOLID DISCRETE SLOW RELEASE FERTILIZER PARTICLES COMPRISING A DISPERSION OF SOLID UREA IN A SOLID PARAFFIN WAX HAVING A MELTING POINT IN THE RANGE OF 110*-140*F., THE RATIO OF SAID SOLID UREA TO SAID SOLID PARAFFIN WAX BEING LESS THAN 3.16:
- 1, AGING SAID PARTICLES UNTIL A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF THE UREA THEREIN HAS REACTED WITH THE LOW MELT POINT PARAFFIN WAX THEREIN TO FORM A UREA-PARAFFIN WAX ADDUCT, WHEREBY DISCREATE PARTICLES COMPRISING A DISPERSION OF SAID UREA-PARAFFIN WAX ADDUCT IN WAX ARE OBTAINED, AND HOLDING THESE LATTER PARTICLES AT A TEMPERATURE IN EXCESS OF 100*F. UNTIL THE WATER RESISTANCE OF SAID LATTER PARTICLES HAS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY.
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1. METHOD WHICH COMPRISES FORMING SOLID DISCRETE SLOW RELEASE FERTILIZER PARTICLES COMPRISING A DISPERSION OF SOLID UREA IN A SOLID PARAFFIN WAX HAVING A MELTING POINT IN THE RANGE OF 110*-140*F., THE RATIO OF SAID SOLID UREA TO SAID SOLID PARAFFIN WAX BEING LESS THAN 3.16:
- 1, AGING SAID PARTICLES UNTIL A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF THE UREA THEREIN HAS REACTED WITH THE LOW MELT POINT PARAFFIN WAX THEREIN TO FORM A UREA-PARAFFIN WAX ADDUCT, WHEREBY DISCREATE PARTICLES COMPRISING A DISPERSION OF SAID UREA-PARAFFIN WAX ADDUCT IN WAX ARE OBTAINED, AND HOLDING THESE LATTER PARTICLES AT A TEMPERATURE IN EXCESS OF 100*F. UNTIL THE WATER RESISTANCE OF SAID LATTER PARTICLES HAS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY.
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