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Method of preparing slow release fertilizers containing a urea-paraffin wax adduct

  • US 3,314,778 A
  • Filed: 07/14/1964
  • Issued: 04/18/1967
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/14/1964
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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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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