Agricultural binder system, agricultural blend, and process of forming an agricultural blend
AssigneeHarsco Corporation
InventorsStephen R. MIRANDA, Kimberly A. PAPANIA
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Abstract
The present disclosure describes an agricultural blend and a process of forming an agricultural blend. The agricultural blend includes a slag by-product from a process having a slag other than stainless steel slag or includes 11 atomic % silicon from a soluble compound and total silicon of less than about 30 atomic % silicon or greater than about 39 atomic % silicon. The process includes producing a slag by-product and blending the slag by-product with a liquid binder system to form the agricultural blend, the slag not being stainless steel slag.
Claims20
An agricultural binder system;
- comprising:
- between about 50 volume % and about 70 volume % carbohydrate sugar;
- and
- water;
- wherein the agricultural binder system is a liquid binder system.
An agricultural blend, comprising:
- a liquid binder system having a carbohydrate sugar;
- wherein the liquid binder system is greater than about 3.5 weight % of the agricultural blend.
A process of making a pelletized agricultural blend, the process comprising:
- applying a liquid binder system to a slag by-product to form an agricultural blend;
- and
- pelletizing the agricultural blend;
- wherein the liquid binder system includes a carbohydrate sugar.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.