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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Date of filing: 16.03.1988 |
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International Patent Classification (IPC)4: C13K 11/00 |
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31.03.1987 US 32847
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Michigan 48640-1967 (US) |
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Midland
Michigan 48640 (US)
- Bharwada, Upen J.
Midland
Michigan 48640 (US)
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Patentanwälte
H. Weickmann, Dr. K. Fincke
F.A. Weickmann, B. Huber
Dr. H. Liska, Dr. J. Prechtel, Dr. B. Böhm
Postfach 86 08 20
81635 München
81635 München (DE) |
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Process for demineralizing a sugar-containing solution |
(57) Improved method for demineralizing a sugar-containing solution using an ion exchange
resin in bead form wherein the mean bead diameter is from 400 to 700 µm and the bead
diameter distribution is such that at least 80 volume percent of the beads have diameters
which fall within a range of ±15 percent of the volume average diameter of the resin
used.