Agricultural blend, agricultural binder system, and process of forming an agricultural blend
View Patent ↗An agricultural blend, an agricultural binder system, and a process of forming an agricultural blend are described. The agricultural blend includes a binder system having soy polymer and one or both of metal slag by-product and synthetic gypsum. The agricultural binder system includes soy polymer. The agricultural binder system is a powder. The process of forming an agricultural blend includes blending a binder system having soy polymer with one or both of metal slag by-product and synthetic gypsum to form the agricultural blend.
1. An agricultural blend, comprising:
a binder system having soy polymer; and
metal slag by-product, wherein the slag by-product has been produced from slag by a separation process.
2. The agricultural blend of claim 1 , wherein the agricultural blend is a powder.
3. The agricultural blend of claim 1 , wherein the metal slag by-product is selected from the group consisting of carbon steel slag by-product, aluminum slag by-product, copper slag by-product, zinc slag by-product, non-ferrous slag by-product, argon oxygen decarburization slag by-product (AOD slag by-product), alloy steel slag by-product, stainless steel slag by-product, blast furnace slag by-product (for example, from the production of iron), blast oxygen furnace slag by-product (BOFS), and combinations thereof.
4. The agricultural blend of claim 1 , wherein the binder system is a portion of an agricultural pellet, thereby promoting pellet strength within the agricultural pellet.
5. The agricultural blend of claim 1 , wherein the agricultural blend comprises calcium silicate.
6. The agricultural blend of claim 1 , wherein the agricultural blend comprises a sulfate source.
7. The agricultural blend of claim 1 , wherein the agricultural blend comprises synthetic gypsum.
8. The agricultural blend of claim 1 , wherein the concentration of the binder system is between about 50 volume % and about 70 volume %.
9. The agricultural blend of claim 1 , wherein the concentration of the binder system is between about 60 volume % and about 70 volume %.
10. The agricultural blend of claim 1 , wherein the concentration of the binder system is between about 50 volume % and about 60 volume %.
11. The agricultural blend of claim 1 , wherein the concentration of the binder system is between about 55 volume % and about 60 volume %.
12. The agricultural blend of claim 1 , wherein the concentration of the binder system is between about 50 volume % and about 55 volume %.
13. The agricultural blend of claim 1 , wherein the concentration of the binder system is between about 3 weight % and about 10 weight % of the agricultural blend.
14. The agricultural blend of claim 1 , wherein the concentration of the binder system is between about 3 weight % and about 8 weight %.
15. The agricultural blend of claim 1 , wherein the concentration of the binder system is between about 4.5 weight % and about 10 weight %.
16. The agricultural blend of claim 1 , wherein the concentration of the binder system is between about 3 weight % and about 6 weight % of the agricultural blend.
17. The agricultural blend of claim 1 , wherein the concentration of the binder system is between about 4 weight % and about 5 weight % of the agricultural blend.
18. The agricultural blend of claim 1 , wherein the concentration of the binder system is greater than about 3 weight % of the agricultural blend.
19. A process of forming an agricultural blend, the process comprising:
blending a binder system having soy polymer with metal slag by-product to form the agricultural blend, wherein the slag by-product has been produced from slag by a separation process.
20. The process of claim 19 , further comprising blending the binder system and the metal slag by-product with synthetic gypsum.