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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2014
The Andersons, Inc., Maumee, OH (US);
Joseph Schumski, Luckey, OH (US);
James R Lynch, Toledo, OH (US);
THE ANDERSONS, INC., Maumee, OH (US);
Abstract
A water-dispersible particle is provided that has a crystalline matrix formed of a potassium salt, a phosphate salt, of a combination thereof. Embedded in the matrix are at least 100 insoluble granules of at least one macronutrient or micronutrient. The granules, and the matrix present in a form such that contact with water causes particle dispersion into more than 100 pieces in a time period of up to 1 hour. A process of forming a fertilizer particle includes the granulation of a quantity of insoluble material to a size where the majority by weight is between 0.02 and 3 millimeters to from granules. The granules are agglomerated into the fertilizer particle containing at least 100 of the granules with a solution of a potassium salt, a phosphate salt, of a combination thereof through solvent removal to form the crystalline matrix in which the granules are embedded.