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Assessing Compatibility of Herbicides and Nitrogen Solutions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

A. D. Klosterboer  and
C. E. Bardsley
A. D. Klosterboer
Affiliation:
The Ansul Co., Biological Research and Development Department, Weslaco, Texas
C. E. Bardsley
Affiliation:
The Ansul Co., Biological Research and Development Department, Weslaco, Texas
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Abstract

A technique was developed for evaluating the stability of a herbicide suspended in nitrogen solutions of varying molarity. Dispersion stability is expressed as the difference in specific gravity (D value) between a salt solution + herbicide and the salt solution alone using a Westphal balance. The lower the D value, the less herbicide in suspension. Even very low molar solutions significantly lowered the D value. Further, the lower the percent active ingredient in the herbicide the more effectively the surfactants, and possibly other components of the formulated product, offset the adverse effect of salt on dispersion stability.

Type
Research Article
Information
Weed Science , Volume 16 , Issue 4 , October 1968 , pp. 468 - 470
Copyright
Copyright © Weed Science Society of America 

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