Manufacture and use of a herbicide formulation
OwnerGreg Volgas, Johnnie R. Roberts +1inventors
InventorsGreg Volgas, Johnnie R. Roberts, Flavious Johnson
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Abstract
The invention pertains to a method for manufacture and use of a herbicidal formulation of chlorinated carboxylic acid herbicides. A number of different solvents have been found useful in this application. Furthermore, the use of surfactants that act as solvents for the acid herbicides has been discovered. These formulations have shown superior herbicidal activity when compared to standard salt and ester forms.
Claims91
A herbicide composition comprising at least one chlorinated carboxylic acid herbicide and at least one surfactant in an effective amount such that said chlorinated carboxylic acid herbicide is dissolved in the surfactant and said at least one surfactant is present in a quantity equal to or greater than said at least one chlorinated carboxylic acid herbicide.
A herbicide composition comprising at least one fully solubolized chlorinated carboxylic acid herbicide and at least about 8 weight % of at least one surfactant.
A herbicide composition containing a chlorinated carboxylic acid herbicide and a surfactant in the ratio of acid herbicide to surfactant from about 1:6 to about 1:1.
A process to produce a herbicidical composition which comprises blending a fully solubolized acid herbicide with a surfactant to form a solution provided that said chlorinated carboxylic acid herbicide and surfactant are present in an amount of about 1 part by weight of chlorinated carboxylic acid herbicide to at least about 1.5 part by weight of surfactant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.