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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019
Filed:
May. 13, 2016
Applicant:
Alcoa Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Inventors:
Mark L. Weaver, Greenwell Springs, LA (US);
Vincent Paola, Jeannette, PA (US);
John Cravener, North Apollo, PA (US);
Narsimhan Raghunathan, Export, PA (US);
Judodine Nichols, Murrysville, PA (US);
Assignee:
Alcoa USA Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C05G 3/00 (2006.01); C05C 1/00 (2006.01); C05C 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C05G 3/00 (2013.01); C05C 1/00 (2013.01); C05C 1/02 (2013.01); C05G 3/0058 (2013.01);
Abstract
Broadly, the instant disclosure is directed towards: fertilizer compositions and methods of making the same, in which, due to the composition, the fertilizer exhibits blast suppression (e.g. measured via specific impulse) and/or desensitization (e.g. measured via unconfined critical diameter and/or booster quantity needed to initiate detonation) as compared to existing ammonium nitrate fertilizer(s).