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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 1984
Filed:
May. 24, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul H Ralston, Bethel Park, PA (US);
Sandra L Whitney, Oakdale, PA (US);
Jerry L Walker, Coraopolis, PA (US);
Assignee:
Calgon Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
210698 ; 210699 ; 210701 ; 127 16 ; 127 461 ;
Abstract
The instant invention is directed to a method for preventing the formation of scale in sugar evaporation equipment comprising adding to the juice from 0.1 to 200 ppm of a polycarboxylic acid or its salt selected from the group consisting of polymaleic acid, amine adducts of maleic anhydride polymers, phosphonobutane tri-carboxylic acid, phosphinocarboxylic acids and copolymers of acrylic acid and an hydroxylated lower alkyl acrylate.