Patent ID: 7426948
Filing Date: 2008-09-23
Classification: A01N,B27K

Abstract:
1. A method of preserving wood comprising: adding a particulate organic biocide product to water to form an injectable slurry; and injecting the injectable slurry into wood, thereby obtaining a wood product with the particulate organic biocide product dispersed therein, wherein the particulate organic biocide product is prepared by a method comprising: providing a solid subbstantially water-insoluble organic biocide selected from the group consisting of imidazolinones, sulfonylureas, triazolopyrimidine sulfonamides, aryloxyphenoxy propionates, triazines, chloroacetanilides, pyrazoles and diphenyl ethers; an aqueous liquid comprising a surface-active agent; and a milling media to a mill, wherein the milling media comprises an effective amount of milling beads having a density of about 3.5 grams/cm milling the organic biocide, aqueous liquid and milling media for a time sufficient to obtain a milled organic biocide product having a mean volume particle diameter d