Krilium
(ˈkrɪlɪəm)
[f. kril-, altered form of -cryl- of polyacrylonitrile + -ium.]
A proprietary name of various mixtures of polyacrylate salts and other carboxylated polymers manufactured as soil conditioners for improving the texture of soil and its ability to resist erosion.
| 1952 Sci. News Let. 5 Jan. 8/2 The soil improvement chemical will come on the market soon under the name of Krilium. 1952 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Off.) 8 July 226/2 Krilium for synthetic resin materials in the form of powders, granules, emulsions, dispersions, and solutions. 1958 Teakle & Boyle Fertilizers iv. 116 Krilium is the name given to several compounds selected from over seven hundred chemical synthetics tested by Monsanto. Two of these, VAMA 6{b1} Krilium (6 vinylacetate: maleic acid complex) and HPAN 9{b1} Krilium (9 polyacrylonitrile) have earned good reports. 1967 G. W. Cooke Control of Soil Fertility xxix. 458 ‘Krilium’ produced an improvement in the percentage of soil aggregates which were stable in water. |