Method for controlling water evaporation
AssigneePolymers Crc Ltd.
InventorsDavid Henry Solomon, Emma Louise Prime, Devi Sunartio, Greg Guanghua Qiao, Ian Dagley, Anton Blencowe
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for controlling evaporation from a body of water. The method of the invention uses a water insoluble compound and a water soluble polymer, which interact with each other by non-covalent bonding interactions.
Claims20
A method for controlling evaporation from a body of water including applying a water insoluble compound and a water soluble polymer including at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of (i) carbonyl polymers including at least one functional group having a carbonyl moiety and (ii) non-carbonyl polymers having a molecular weight of at least about 5000 to the body of water,
- wherein the water insoluble compound assembles to form a layer at the surface of the body of water and the water soluble polymer is adapted to interact with the water insoluble compound by non-covalent bonding interactions, and
- wherein the water soluble polymer includes less than 10% (w/w) of water soluble ionized polymers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.