Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft

Rainer Schlicht

Thomas Maier

Rudolf Heinrich

Jean Kocur

Konrad Albrecht

Hans R Ochling

The invention relates to water-emulsifiable granules of crop protection agents composed of the pesticidal active substance in liquid or dissolved form and an at least partially water-soluble shell-forming structural material, to the use of these granules as novel, advantageous formulations of crop protection agents, and to processes for their preparation. It furthermore relates to the general use of polyvinyl alcohols as shell-forming structural materials in the preparation of water-emulsifiable granules which contain organic compounds dissolved in a high-boiling solvent or solvent mixture.

Formulations of crop protection agents

Granules can be prepared from powders of active compounds by the counter-current principle by fluidization in a stream of air and spraying of a solution of adhesive. Dispersions or solutions of active compounds can be granulated in accordance with the invention if the aqueous dispersion or solution is sprayed by the counter-current principle into the gas stream of a fluidizing chamber and is caused to fluidize, the formation of granules being started, in a start-up phase, at 10 to 60% of the maximum gas flow and at only up to 30% of the maximum feed rate of dispersion or solution, and subsequently the feed rate and the gas flow are increased up to the maximum values for the feed rate and the gas flow, and, in the main phase, the formation of granules is continued at maximum gas flow and maximum feed rate. Granules prepared in this way, containing pesticides as the active compounds, can be used as plant protection agents or pest control agents.

Process for the preparation of water-dispersible granules

Formulations of deltamethrin

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Bad Camberg, Germany

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