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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2001
Peter H. Markusch, McMurray, PA (US);
Robert L. Cline, Paden City, WV (US);
Bayer Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
This invention relates to fertilizer encapsulation with polyurethanes wherein the isocyanate-reactive composition contains sulfur. The process of the present invention comprises applying a polyisocyanate composition to fertilizer particles, applying an isocyanate-reactive composition which contains sulfur to the polyisocyanate coated fertilizer particles, or applying an isocyanate-reactive composition which contains sulfur to fertilizer particles and then applying a polyisocyanate composition to the isocyanate-reactive coated fertilizer particles, and repeating these steps as necessary to form sulfur containing polyurethane encapsulated fertilizer particles.