DA-101 super-wetting additive for agricultural applications

Performance enhancer for agricultural chemicals

Key Features and Typical Benefits:

         Nonionic
  Superspreader for soluble liquid and emulsable concentrate formulations
  Very low surface energy.
  Rapid spreading and wetting.
  Improve spray coverage
  Super spreading and penetrating of spray agricultural chemicals
  Promotes rapid uptake of agrochemicals(rain fastness)
  Accord with enviromental protection,reduces enviromental pollution caused by pesticides
  lReduces the residues of pesticides

Applications:

It is a type of low viscosity silicone polyether copolymer liquid used to enhance the performance of wetting, spreading and penetration of agricultural chemicals. It may be used as a formulation ingredient in water-soluble broadleaf herbicides and insecticides, fungicides and plant growth regulators, or as a tank-mix adjuvant for foliar-applied chemicals.

Performances:

DA-101 Silicone Surfactant reduces the surface tension of aqueous agricultural mixtures significantly lower than is achievable with conventional nonionic surfactants. At concentrations as low as 0.01 percent, it reduces surface tension below 23 dynes/cm, which produces very rapid wetting and spreading on hard-to-wet surfaces such as waxy leaves.

In addition to the rapid wetting and spreading, DA-101 Silicone Surfactant also greatly increases the uptake of chemicals into plant tissues. Adding the Silicone Surfactant to a herbicide tank-mix may significantly enhance its efficacy, particularly in the control of broadleaf weeds with water-soluble herbicides. The rapid uptake produces “rainfastness”; i.e., herbicides are not washed off by rainfall because they have penetrated into the plant surface.

HOW to Use in Agricultural Chemical Formulations:

DA-101 Silicone Surfactant may be used as an ingredient in formulations, provided all the ingredients are compatible. The Silicone Surfactant is stable in pH=6-8 aqueous formulations, but will degrade rapidly in strong acidic or strong alkaline formulations. New product formulations should be thoroughly tested for performance and shelf stability before entering market.

As an Agricultural Chemical Tank-Mix Adjuvant:

DA-101 Silicone Surfactant may be added to tank-mixes to enhance the biological performance of the spray solution.

Test a small area first. Use the additive according to manufacturers label recommendation.

Usable Life and Storage:

When stored below40°C(104°F), DA-101 Silicone Surfactant has a shelf life of 36 months from date of manufacture.

Packaging:

DA-101 Silicone Surfactant is available in 25-kg pails, 200-kg drums and 1000-kg tote-bins.