Newman Zone Formulations

Standard Formulation

All Newman Zone® formulations contain 46% soybean oil by weight (50% oil by volume), 4% sodium lactate, and emulsification additives and preservatives.  The standard formulation is the original product first manufactured in February of 2002.  It contains both ionic (lecithin) and nonionic surfactants to produce a very stable emulsion that can be retained even on clean sand soils.

Nonionic Formulation

The first full scale production run of Newman Zone® Nonionic emulsion was completed in November of 2004.  Ionic surfactants such as lecithin can adsorb very strongly to clays and silts which may make distribution of an emulsion through them difficult with ionic surfactant blends.  The nonionic emulsion has very low adsorption for injection into low permeability silts and clay soils.

Buffered Nonionic Formulation

Optimal pH for reductive dechlorination usually falls in the range of 6.5 to 8.5; dechlorination can be severely retarded at pH values below 6.  Injection of an electron donor at sites with little natural buffering capacity commonly results in a drop in pH, sometimes as low as a pH of 5 or less.  The buffered nonionic formulation contains 1% sodium bicarbonate to help maintain pH within the 6.5 to 8.5 range.


Product Code

Product Name

Ingredients

Composition % by weight

190-6722

Newman Zone Standard (maintained in stock)

Food Grade Soybean Oil

45% +/-1%

Food Grade Surfactants

<10%

Food Grade Sodium Lactate

4%

added water

remainder

pH = 6.5 - 7.5

190-6723

Newman Zone Standard w/o sodium

Food Grade Soybean Oil

45% +/-1%

Food Grade Surfactants

<10%

Food Grade Potassium Lactate

4%

added water

remainder

pH = 6.5 - 7.5

190-6724

Newman Zone Standard w/o lactate

Food Grade Soybean Oil

45% +/-1%

Food Grade Surfactants

<10%

added water

remainder

pH = 6.5 - 7.5

190-6725

Newman Zone Nonionic

Food Grade Soybean Oil

46% +/-1%

Food Grade Surfactants

<10%

Food Grade Sodium Lactate

4%

added water

remainder

pH = 6.5 - 7.5

190-6726

Newman Zone Nonionic

Food Grade Soybean Oil

46% +/-1%

Food Grade Surfactants

<10%

Food Grade Sodium Bicarbonate

1%

added water

remainder

pH = 6.5 - 7.5

190-6730

Newman Zone Nonionic Buffered

(maintained in stock)

Food Grade Soybean Oil

46% +/-1%

Food Grade Surfactants

<10%

Food Grade Sodium Lactate

4%

Food Grade Sodium Bicarbonate

1%

added water

remainder

pH = 8.3

190-6731

Newman Zone Nonionic Buffered w/o sodium

Food Grade Soybean Oil

46% +/-1%

Food Grade Surfactants

<10%

Food Grade Potassium Lactate

4%

Food Grade Potassium Bicarbonate

1%

added water

remainder

pH = 8.3


 
Newman Zone® is pasteurized and handled with standard food sanitation practices to ensure stability and shelf-life in a pH neutral product.  All ingredients are food grade and Kosher.  Unlike larger droplet emulsified vegetable oils (EVO), Newman Zone® is kinetically stable with no oil/water separation occurring in either dilute or concentrated emulsions.  Refrigerated shelf-life exceeds three years, and the unrefrigerated shelf-life in clean packaging or stainless steel bulk tanks is normally at least four months.  The Newman Zone® emulsion will break only when microbes are introduced to the product and attack the surfactants that maintain the emulsion.

We recommend the standard formulation (190-6722) for maximum retention in sandy soils, and the buffered nonionic formulation (190-6730) for maximum mobility in silts and clays.  We can add yeast extract and/or vitamin B12 to Newman Zone® at our cost for ingredients