Inventors:
Nestor B. Knoepfler - New Orleans LA
John P. Madacsi - New Orleans LA
Julius P. Neumeyer - Metairie LA
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of
Agriculture - Washington DC
International Classification:
C09K 328, C23C 1304
Abstract:
A method of imparting smolder resistance to cotton batting and other cellulosic materials through the use of the vapors from a mixture of boric acid, methyl alcohol, methyl borate and water at 18. degree. to 68. degree. C (65. degree. to 155. degree. F).