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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2000
Mark B. Ogzewalla, Winter Haven, FL (US);
ARR-MAZ Products, LP, Winter Haven, FL (US);
Abstract
A dust control composition for and method of treating fertilizer particles, the composition comprising 10-100% by weight oxidized oil, 0-90% by weight non-oxidized oil, and 0-90% by weight wax. The fertilizer particle is selected from the group consisting of ammonium phosphate, potash, granulated single super phosphate, granular triple super phosphate, NP-fertilizer and NPK-fertilizer. A preferred composition includes a composition of 30-90% by weight oxidized oil, 10-70% by weight non-oxidized oil, and 10-70% by weight wax. The oxidized oil is selected from the group consisting of corn oil, canola oil, cottonseed oil, sunflower oil, soy oil, linseed oil, castor oil, tall oil, mixtures thereof, and distillation products and distillation residues thereof. The non-oxidized oil is selected from the group consisting of white oil, refined mineral oil, vegetable oil, and mixtures thereof; and the wax is selected from the group consisting of intermediate waxes, paraffin waxes, micro-crystalline waxes, carnauba waxes, vegetable waxes and mixtures thereof.