Patent ID: 6979453
Filing Date: 2005-12-27
Classification: A01N,B01J,C01B,C01P

Abstract:
1. A pesticidal composition comprising, as the sole pesticidally-active component, a storage-stable aerated gel composition comprising 30 to 97% by weight of water, 0.2 to 5% by weight of a gelling agent selected from xanthan gum, sodium alginate and neutralized carboxyvinyl polymer and 2 to 5% by weight of a fine particulate, hydrophobic silicone-treated silica having a surface area of from 80 to 300 m 2 /g which said composition is in the form of fine particles of an aqueous gel containing the water and gelling agent, the surfaces of which fine particles are coated with a coating of the finely particulate hydrophobic silica.