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Particulate urea-formaldehyde fertilizer composition and process

CA 1059778 A · Owner: Itt Industries · Inventors: Goertz, Harvey M.

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A controlled-release particulate fertilizer composition is prepared by compacting and agglomerating particles of a foamed urea-formaldehyde condensation product into a sheet having a specific gravity of at least 1.40 the molar ratio, of urea to formaldehyde in said condensation product being from 1.3:1 to 2.4:1, comminuting the compacted sheet into particulate form and separating and recovering the particles having a size of more than 30 mesh, substantially all said recovered particles having a ratio of largest to smallest particle of less than 3:1. The fertilizer is characterized by a high degree of uniformity from particle to particle in both composition and size, relatively high particle …

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  • Granted August 7, 1979. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended August 7, 1996.
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GrantedAugust 7, 1979
Term endedAugust 7, 1996
Patent numberCA 1059778 A
Classification (IPC)C05G3/60 +2 more

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198019821984198619881990199219941996Patent grantedAug 7, 1979Term endedAug 7, 1996

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