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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2018
Basf SE, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, DE;
Somnath Shivaji Kadam, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Frank Jaekel, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Feelly Ruether, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Lothar Karrer, Ludwigshafen, DE;
BASF SE, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, DE;
Abstract
Process for making solid methylglycine diacetate (MGDA) alkali metal salt (a), said process comprising the steps of (A) providing a 35 to 60% by weight aqueous solution of said MGDA salt having a temperature in the range of from 50 to 90° C., (B) adding 0.01 to 2% by weight of a particulate solid with a pore volume in the range of from 0.25 to 0.75 cm/g, determined by nitrogen adsorption in accordance with 66134:1998-02 (b), the percentage referring to the content of (a), (C) crystallizing (a), (D) removing said crystalline (a) from the mother liquor.