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US 12,588,680 B2Granted
Insecticidal composition based on saponified tall oil and method for production thereof
AssigneeInnovative Green Solutions Sverige AB
InventorÅke Wååg
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Abstract
Described is a saponified tall oil that can be used as an insecticide. Also described is an insecticide that contains a saponified tall oil. Also described is to a method for producing a composition or an insecticide containing the saponified tall oil. The method includes: providing a heated basic solution of water and lye; and performing saponification by adding tall oil to the heated basic solution during mixing, to form a saponified solution.
Claims19
A method for producing a composition comprising:
- providing a preheated basic solution of water and a lye, the preheated basic solution having a temperature interval T from 85° C. to 97° C.;
- forming micelles by performing saponification by adding tall oil comprising from 10 wt % to 25 wt % resin acids to the preheated basic solution during mixing, to form a saponified solution comprising the micelles, the temperature interval T of the preheated basic solution being maintained during the step of saponification;
- wherein the ratio (wt/wt) of the lye to the tall oil used for the saponified solution is between 0.2 and 1.5.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.