Process for making gel microbeads
US5662840A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 10, 1994 |
| Grant date | Sep 2, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 10, 2014 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01J13/02
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A process for making gel bead having a mean diameter of less than 50 microns by adiabatically atomizing a hydrocolloid sol to droplet of less than 50 microns under conditions that lower the temperature of the hydrocolloid below its gel temperature.
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