Surfactant Options

[Duekster]

Originally Posted by Cadzilla

Dayum. I guess if we ever have other questions about Mineral Oil we can come to you?

lol

Sure have a cas # or a sample and cash for testing.

[greendoctor]

Crop oil concentrate is mineral oil with a specific boiling point, maximum unsulfonated residue and maximum aromatic hydrocarbon content. With a suitable emulsifier at 20% of the volume. Most mineral oils are probably too high boiling and containing impurities that are phytotoxic. You are also looking at how to get said oil to emulsify without making a hot mix. Most surfactants sold over the counter or at fertilizer dealers are not designed to do this safely. I would leave formulating adjuvants to the the manufacturers. Which is why I have 4 different additives on the truck. Each one has its proper use.

[Duekster]

Originally Posted by greendoctor

Crop oil concentrate is mineral oil with a specific boiling point, maximum unsulfonated residue and maximum aromatic hydrocarbon content. With a suitable emulsifier at 20% of the volume. Most mineral oils are probably too high boiling and containing impurities that are phytotoxic. You are also looking at how to get said oil to emulsify without making a hot mix. Most surfactants sold over the counter or at fertilizer dealers are not designed to do this safely. I would leave formulating adjuvants to the the manufacturers. Which is why I have 4 different additives on the truck. Each one has its proper use.

And other types of mineral oils may have other environmental hazards as well as various dangers to the operator.

[Ric]

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Next to Mosquito eating Fish, mineral oil is a great inexpensive Mosquito larvicide. Biological controls like Mosquito eating fish are easier in ponds or bodies of water that retain water year round. But Mineral Oil is best used in that water Detainment area that dry up.


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[3XTEKS]

@Dukester Here's the crop oil label that started me wondering. Does this help you (I dunno)?

http://www.cdms.net/ldat/ld10T000.pdf

[Duekster]

Originally Posted by 3XTEKS

@Dukester Here's the crop oil label that started me wondering. Does this help you (I dunno)?

http://www.cdms.net/ldat/ld10T000.pdf

As the label says, do you have experiance in knowing it will not cause problems. The other 15% is the emulisfier, what are you going to use for that?

I think Greens DR summed it up well.

There are too many types of "mineral Oil"