Agricultural Adjuvant Composition With High-Flashpoint Wax Penetration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing agricultural adjuvants often compromise stability and safety due to low flashpoints, leading to increased risk of ignition and decreased efficiency.
Innovation Solution
A liquid agricultural adjuvant comprising alkyl (C1-C8) esters of alkyl (C12-C16) acid, anionic surfactants, and nonionic surfactants, with a flashpoint above 100°C, providing stability and safety while enhancing penetration through epicuticular waxes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If conventional surfactant-based adjuvants are used to stabilize tank mixes, then emulsion stability is improved, but flashpoint decreases leading to increased ignition risk
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a composite adjuvant formulation combining multiple surfactant types (ionic and nonionic) with specific ester components (C1-C8 alkyl esters of C12-C16 alkyl acids). This composite approach achieves stable emulsions while maintaining flashpoints above 100°C, resolving the contradiction between stability and safety by synergistically combining materials with complementary properties.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention specifies precise compositional parameters including ester chain lengths (C1-C8 and C12-C16), surfactant ratios, and concentration ranges to achieve both emulsion stability and high flashpoint. By controlling these physical-chemical parameters, the formulation simultaneously achieves stable emulsification and reduced ignition risk.
2Reliability
If adjuvants are added to enhance pesticidal activity and absorption, then efficacy is improved, but flashpoint decreases increasing safety hazards
Solution Approach 1:
The patent formulates a composite adjuvant system incorporating ionic surfactants (anionic or cationic), nonionic surfactants, and specific ester compounds. This multi-component composite achieves enhanced pesticidal efficacy through improved penetration and absorption while maintaining flashpoints above 100°C, thereby resolving the contradiction between performance and safety.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention assigns specific functional roles to different components: ionic surfactants for charge-based penetration, nonionic surfactants for emulsion stability, and ester compounds for flashpoint enhancement. Each component contributes locally to specific properties, allowing the overall formulation to achieve both high efficacy and safety.
3Productivity
If adjuvants improve solubility and dispersibility of pesticidal compounds, then delivery efficiency is enhanced, but flashpoint decreases creating safety concerns
Solution Approach 1:
The patent develops a composite adjuvant formulation where ionic and nonionic surfactants work synergistically to enhance solubility and dispersibility of pesticidal active ingredients. The inclusion of C1-C8 alkyl esters of C12-C16 alkyl acids further improves delivery efficiency while maintaining flashpoints above 100°C, resolving the contradiction between productivity and safety.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The adjuvant ensures stable emulsions with high flashpoints, promoting bio-efficacy and improved penetration of active ingredients in agricultural applications.
Implementation Method 1
the at least one alkyl (C1-C8) esters of alkyl (C12-C16) acid has a paraffinic wax dissolution capability of between about 2 wt. % to about 20 wt. % at 25° C.
Implementation Method 2
an anionic surfactant and a nonionic surfactant
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AI summary
A liquid agricultural adjuvant including at least one alkyl (C1-C8) ester of an alkyl (C12-C16) acid; at least one anionic surfactant; and at least one nonionic surfactant. The liquid agricultural adjuvant has a flash point higher than about 100° C.; and the at least one alkyl (C1-C8) esters of alkyl (C12-C16) acid has a paraffinic wax dissolution capability of between 2 wt. % to 20 wt. % at 25° C. A method of manufacturing and using the liquid agricultural adjuvant is also included.