Dexter Smith
Irvine, CA (USA)
Role(s):
Super Absorbent Company
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Location:
Irvine
Industry:
Agriculture
Year Founded:
2002
Number Employees:
INVALID
Description:
The Company manufactures and markets its family of water-management and growth-enhancement products under the trade name Super-Hydro-Grow. The products are manufactured for a wide array of applications utilizing a number of proprietary formulations. The core substance in Super-Hydro-Grow is starch. Super-Hydro-Grow is capable of absorbing up to 300 times its weight in water and water soluble plant nutrients. The essential process involves the synthetic grafting of a polymer to starch molecules. Such molecules contain two main parallel branches. When joined with the polymer, the addition of water to these molecules results in the creation of polar repulsion between the molecules’ branches. This, in turn, results in; drawing of the water between the molecular poles, swelling of the particles