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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 05, 1995
Hans Walter Hasslin, Grenzach-Wyhlen, DE;
Ciba-Geigy Corporation, Tarrytown, NY (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to a process for the preparation of an aqueous suspension of microcapsules having a capsule wall of polyurea and encapsulating a water-immiscible pesticide, by dispersing a solution of a polyisocyanate in the sparingly water-soluble pesticide in water and subsequently reacting the dispersion with a polyamine, which process comprises effecting the dispersion of the solution of the polyisocyanate in the sparingly water-soluble pesticide in water and the subsequent reaction of the dispersion with the polyamine in the presence of at least one water-soluble or water-dispersible nonionic surfactant of a block copolymer having at least one hydrophobic block and at least one hydrophilic block.