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US 9,426,997 B2Granted
Thickening glyphosate formulations
AssigneeAkzo Nobel N.V.
InventorShawn Zhu
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Abstract
The present invention generally relates to a glyphosate formulation with enhanced viscosity, said formulation containing a thickening composition comprising at least one nitrogen-containing surfactant.
Claims9
A method of thickening a glyphosate formulation which comprises adding to said formulation a thickening effective amount of a thickening composition for the purpose of thickening the glyphosate formulation, wherein the thickening composition comprises at least one nitrogen containing surfactant of formula
- where R4 is a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon chain having an average of about 22 carbon atoms derived from erucic acid;
- n=1-4, m=1-4, and X− is an anion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.