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Rhodia Chimie

Rhone-Poulenc Nutrition Animale

Jean-Claude Le Thiesse

Eraclis Statiotis

Patrick Rey

Hubert Gayet

Vivien Henryon

Pierre Labourt-Ibarre

Loïc Baussaron

Thomas Chaussee

Bruno Heinisch

Hélène Fay

Olivier Favre-Bulle

Eric Cervos

Jean Brossette

Frédéric Magnin-feysot

Suspensions of silica particles in organic liquids are disclosed as well as a method for their preparation.

Silica suspension in an organic solvent and method for its manufacture

The invention concerns a method for preparing a complex of an acid chosen from among methionine, 2-hydroxy-4-methylthiobutanoic acid (HMTBA) and lactic acid, and of at least one metal, starting from said acid and a mineral metal source, wherein the acid is caused to react with the mineral metal source in an extruder.

Method for preparing a complex of an acid and a metal

Novel hydroquinone flakes are prepared from a powder thereof, by, if necessary, melting the hydroquinone powder, depositing the hydroquinone in the liquid state as a film on a support made of a material or coated with a material which conducts heat, solidifying the hydroquinone by adjusting the support to an appropriate temperature, and recovering the solidified product in the form of flakes.

Form of hydroquinone and production thereof

Purified hydroquinone is prepared and formed from raw compounds essentially containing hydroquinone associated with very small quantities of impurities including resorcinol and pyrogallol, and includes a distillation purification step in which the resorcinol and pyrogallol are eliminated, directly followed by a step in which the purified hydroquinone is formed.

Preparation of purified hydroquinone and forming of same

An enzymatic catalyst in the granular form which is non-dispersible in water comprising an inner core provided with a coating which coating comprises an enzymatic material characterised in that the coating has a thickness of from 30 to 400 microns and the ratio of the size of the core to the thickness of the coating is from 2 to 20. A method for the preparation of the catalyst and the use of the catalyst in the conversion of 2-hydroxy-4-methylthio butyronitrile to ammonium 2-hydroxy-4-methylthio butanoate is also claimed.

Coated enzyme-containing catalyst

The present invention relates to a novel presentation of a phenolic compound in the solid form. More particularly, the invention provides beads of hydroquinone. The invention also pertains to the preparation of said beads. The process of the invention is characterized in that a hot concentrated aqueous solution of a phenolic compound is prepared, then the solution is fragmented into droplets and the droplets obtained are cooled in a gas stream so that they solidify into beads which are then recovered and dried.

Beads of a phenolic compound and a method of obtaining same

Storage-stable, free-flowing and attrition-resistant, essentially spheroidal solid beads of vanillin and/or ethylvanillin, characteristically prilled from a melt thereof, are useful flavoring/perfuming agents.

Vanillin and/or ethylvanillin solid beads

The present invention relates to a novel presentation of a product exhibiting the phenomenon of supercooling. More precisely, the subject of the invention is cristallized pearls of a product exhibiting strong supercooling. The invention also relates to the preparation of the said pearls. The characteristic feature of the process of the invention is to melt, if necessary, the product to be shaped; to break up the molten mass into droplets; to cool the droplets to a temperature below the glass transition temperature of the product, so that these droplets harden by vitrification; to maintain the pearls thus vitrified at a temperature below the glass transition temperature and to place them in contact with crystallization seeds; to crystallize the pearls by raising the temperature above the glass transition temperature and then to recover the crystallized pearls.

Process for obtaining cristallized pearls exhibiting the phenomenon of

An oil-in-water emulsion is passed through a nozzle to form spherules which are allowed to fall countercurrent to a flow of cold air and which are recovered utilizing either a liquid crosslinking agent or a solution, preferably aqueous, optionally containing a crosslinking agent.

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Saint-Etienne, France

Jean-Claude Le Thiesse