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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2001
Applicants:
Elizabeth Acton, Cambridge, GB;
George John Morris, Cambridge, GB;
Inventors:
Elizabeth Acton, Cambridge, GB;
George John Morris, Cambridge, GB;
Assignees:
BP Exploration Operating Company Limited, London, GB;
Asymptote Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F005/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A composition for reducing deposition of a mineral salt from an aqueous supersaturated solution onto a solid surface in contact with the aqueous supersaturated solution which composition comprises a dispersion of either (i) seed crystals of the mineral salt in an aqueous solution of the mineral salt or (ii) seed crystals of a salt isomorphous with the mineral salt in an aqueous solution of the isomorphous salt wherein the dispersed seed crystals are of Mean particle size of less than 2.5 microns.