Compositions – Humidostatic – water removive – bindive – or emissive
Patent
1981-04-21
1984-05-15
Gluck, Irwin
Compositions
Humidostatic, water removive, bindive, or emissive
252400R, 252407, 426310, 426321, 426541, A23C 900, C09K 1502, C09K 1506
Patent
active
044487070
ABSTRACT:
Material is provided for drying cut plants. The material includes a drying agent providing a basic pH in a solution of at least 11 and having properties of becoming at least partially insoluble at a pH no greater than approximately 13.4. The drying agent has properties of saponifying the wax on the stems as the plant dries and as the pH of the drying agent accordingly increases. The drying agent is selected from a group consisting of the carbonates, phosphates and silicates of at least one of sodium and potassium and a combination of the hydroxides, carbonates and bicarbonates of at least one of sodium and potassium. The drying agent may have a concentration of about 3 to 6 pounds per ton of dried cut plants.
The material also includes a mold inhibiting agent having properties of remaining inactive until the occurrence in the plant of conditions inducing molding and having properties of reacting with the moisture, under conditions of temperature and moisture inducing molding, to inhibit the formation of the mold. The mold inhibiting agent may be selected from a group consisting of acids and acid salts of at least one of propionic, sorbic, acetic and carboxylic acids and other fatty acids. The agent may have a concentration between approximately 21/2 and 5 pounds per ton of dried cut plants.
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Fenn & Company
Gluck Irwin
Roston Ellsworth R.
Schwartz Charles H.
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