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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 1996
Filed:
Jul. 05, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ian P McKeown, Aigburth, GB;
Peter W Stanier, Elworth, GB;
Assignee:
Unilever Patent Holdings BV, Vlaardingen, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; C01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424 49 ; 423339 ;
Abstract
Amorphous silicas suitable for use as abrasives in transparent toothpastes can be prepared by a precipitation route. These silicas are distinguished by having a BET surface area of 100 to 450 m.sup.2 /g, a weight mean particle size of 5 to 15 microns, a plastics abrasion value of 16 to 26, a mean pore diameter from 2 to 12 nm, a transmission of at least 70% in the refractive index range from 1.430 to 1.443 and an oil absorption in the range from about 70 to about 130 cm.sup.3 /g.