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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2009
Garnett B. Whitehurst, New Bern, NC (US);
Brooks M. Whitehurst, New Bern, NC (US);
Garnett B. Whitehurst, New Bern, NC (US);
Brooks M. Whitehurst, New Bern, NC (US);
Whitehurst Associates Inc., New Bern, NC (US);
Abstract
Reduced volatility of urea fertilizers are prepared in accordance with the present invention by first preparing an N-(n-butyl)-thiophosphoric triamide (NBPT) solution by dissolving NBPT in a mixture of an amino alcohol having the formula 1—(H)—N—((CH)—OH)where m is 1-3, x is 0 or 1, and n is 2 when x is 1 and 3 when x is 0: or the formula 2—(H)—N—((CH)—CHOH—CH)such that the length of the carbon chain where the secondary hydroxyl group is located is 3, y is 0 or 1, and z is 2 when y is 1 and 3 when y is 0, and a carboxylic acid having 6 or fewer carbon atoms. The solution is then combining with a urea fertilizer in granular or liquid form.