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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 06, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kanji Murofushi, Jyoetsu, JP;
Shigehiro Nagura, Kubiki-mura, JP;
Assignees:
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Shin-Etsu Bio, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07H / ; C08B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
536124 ; 536114 ; 536123 ;
Abstract
A process for saline-solution soluble xanthan gum which comprises the steps of precipitating xanthan gum by mixing, with stirring, an aqueous solution of xanthan gum with an organic solvent which is a non-solvent to xanthan gum but is hydrophilic, removing liquid from the precipitated xanthan gum to a liquid content of at most 50%, disintegrating the cake of xanthan gum after the liquid removal to an average grain size of from 0.3 to 2 cm in diameter, and drying the disintegrated xanthan gum by fluidizing the same at a temperature not exceeding 80.degree. C.