Method for stabilizing copper hydroxide (US Patent 7402296)

Patent number: 7402296 Kind code: B2 Granted: 2008-07-22 Filed: 2005-08-30 Inventors: Matthew Richard Oberholzer (Wilmington, DE, US) Assignees: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (Wilmington, DE, US)

Abstract

Disclosed is a method of stabilizing copper(II) hydroxide, the method comprising the sequential steps of: (a) combining copper(II) hydroxide, a water-soluble phosphate and water to form a mixture; and (b) drying the mixture. Also disclosed is stabilized copper(II) hydroxide prepared according to said method and a