Compositions comprising a boron compound and an amine oxide

• Main Authors: TSENG, CHUEN, KEMPINSKA, CONRAD, WALKER, LEIGH E
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 24.06.2005
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES, AS HERBICIDES; CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL TREATMENT OF CORK, CANE, REED, STRAW ORSIMILAR MATERIALS; FISHING; FORESTRY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; NAILING OR STAPLING MACHINES IN GENERAL; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTSTHEREOF; PROCESSES, APPARATUS OR SELECTION OF SUBSTANCES FORIMPREGNATING, STAINING, DYEING, BLEACHING OF WOOD OR SIMILARMATERIALS, OR TREATING OF WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIALS WITHPERMEANT LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TRANSPORTING; TRAPPING; WORKING OR PRESERVING WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIAL

A composition comprising an amine oxide and a boron compound for preserving and/or waterproofing a wood substrate by contacting the composition with the wood substrate is disclosed, wherein the boron compound may be boric acid, diboron tetrahydroxide, a borate, a boron oxide, a borane, or any combination thereof. Furthermore, a method for controlling plants, insects, or fungi or regulating the growth of plants comprising applying an insecticidal, herbicidal, fungicidal, or plant growth regulating effective amount of this composition to the plants, fungi, insects, the seeds of the plants, or the area on which the plants or fungi grow is also disclosed.