Dust Suppressant for use on roads, containing saponified tall oil pitch

摘要

A dust suppressant composition for application to a substantially soil particle laden surface including (i) a saponified tall oil pitch, and (ii) a salt, wherein said composition is an emulsion characterized in that the salt is present in an emulsion destabilizing amount, is disclosed. Also disclosed is a method of use of a dust suppressant composition, wherein said substantially soil particle laden surface is coated with at least a monolayer of described dust suppressant composition sufficient to cause particles to substantially agglomerate.