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US 9,174,886 B2Granted
Coated particles, methods of making the same, and methods of use
AssigneeUniversity of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
InventorsWallace Gregory Sawyer, Kyle Gene Rowe, Alexander Rejender Webber
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for coated particles, compositions including coated particles, methods for making coated particles, methods of reducing dust, and the like.
Claims12
A composition, comprising:
- a plurality of coated fertilizer particles, wherein a coating on the fertilizer particle is a non-liquid based coating that includes amorphous carbon and polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), wherein the non-liquid based coating is only on the surface of the particles, wherein the amorphous carbon is selected from the group consisting of:
- activated carbon, carbon black, charcoal, a combination thereof, and wherein the non-liquid based coating has a thickness of about 1 nm to 5 μm.
A composition, comprising:
- a coated fertilizer particle, wherein a coating on the coated fertilizer particle is a non-liquid based coating that includes an amorphous carbon and polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.