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Process for making gel microbeads

US5662840A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 10, 1994
Grant dateSep 2, 1997
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Expiry dateJun 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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