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Spheroidal silica
Assignee: Unilever Patent Holdings BV
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Filing: 1988-06-06
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Granted: 1991-04-30
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Expires: 2008-06-06
Abstract
Abstract Porous spheroidal silica having a particle size in the range 1 to 400 microns, axial ratios of 1:1 to 1:12 has up to 50% by weight of the SiO 2 of included material, such as for example perfumes, flavoring materials, pigments, germicides, bactericides, fungicides, bleaching agents, skin benefit agents, therapeutic agents, dispersed in the silica as particles or droplets in the size range 0.01 to 10 μm. The spheroids can be made by mixing together an aqueous, stabilized silica sol containing dispersed therein up to 50% by weight of the silica of an included material and an aqueous solution of a non-adsorbing polymer to form a phase separated system comprising silica droplets containing included material in a polymer-rich continuous phase and condensing the silica sol to aggregate the droplets to form silica spheroids containing the dispersed included material. The included material can be released in use by e.g. wetting, attrition, dissolution, pH change, heating.
Inventors
- 👤 Michael J. Garvey
- 👤 Ian C. Griffiths
- 👤 John H. S. Rennie
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
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2026-11-05 06:50
CPC Classifications
C; C11; C11D; C11D3/00; C11D3/02; C11D3/12; C11D3/124; A; A01; A01N; A01N25/00; A01N25/12; A61; A61K; A61K8/00; A61K8/18; A61K8/19; A61K8/25; A61K9/00; A61K9/14; A61K9/141; A61K9/143; A61K9/16; A61K9/1605; A61K9/1611; A61K9/1682; A61K9/1694; A61L; A61L9/00; A61L9/015; A61L9/04; A61L9/046; A61Q; A61Q19/00; B; B01; B01J; B01J13/00; B01J13/02; B01J13/04; B01J13/046; C09; C09B; C09B63/00; C09C; C09C1/00; C09C1/28; C09C1/30; A61K2800/00; A61K2800/40; A61K2800/41; A61K2800/412; A61Q13/00; C01; C01P; C01P2004/00; C01P2004/30; C01P2004/32; C01P2004/60; C01P2004/61; C01P2006/00; C01P2006/14; C01P2006/16; C01P2006/17; C01P2006/80; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/29; Y10T428/2982; Y10T428/2989
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
141 words
Process for the preparation of porous silica spheroids having a particle size in the range 1 to 400 microns and axial ratios of 1:1 to 1:12 and containing included material selected from the group consisting of perfumes, flavouring materials, pigments, germicides, bactericides, fungicides, bleaching agents, skin benefit agents, therapeutic agents and mixtures thereof, said process comprising the steps of (i) mixing together (a) an aqueous, stabilized silica sol containing dispersed therein said included material in an amount of 0.02 to 50% by weight of the silica and (b) an aqueous solution of a polymer which is not adsorbed by the silica, so as to form a phase separated system comprising silica droplets containing said included material in a polymer-rich continuous phase, and (ii) condensing the silica sol to aggregate the droplets to form said porous silica spheroids containing the included material.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
141 words
Process for the preparation of porous silica spheroids having a particle size in the range 1 to 400 microns and axial ratios of 1:1 to 1:12 and containing included material selected from the group consisting of perfumes, flavouring materials, pigments, germicides, bactericides, fungicides, bleaching agents, skin benefit agents, therapeutic agents and mixtures thereof, said process comprising the steps of (i) mixing together (a) an aqueous, stabilized silica sol containing dispersed therein said included material in an amount of 0.02 to 50% by weight of the silica and (b) an aqueous solution of a polymer which is not adsorbed by the silica, so as to form a phase separated system comprising silica droplets containing said included material in a polymer-rich continuous phase, and (ii) condensing the silica sol to aggregate the droplets to form said porous silica spheroids containing the included material.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
65 words
A process according to claim 1 wherein in the case where the silica sol is alkali stabilized the non-adsorbing polymer is selected from the group consisting of sodium dextran sulphate, sodium polyacrylate, sodium carboxymethyl cellulose and mixtures thereof, and in the case where the silica sol is acid stabilized the non-absorbing polymer is selected from the group consisting of dextran, polyacrylic acid and mixtures thereof.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
22 words
A process according to claim 1 including incorporating the porous spheroidal silica having the included material as a component in a composition.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
39 words
Process according to claim 1 wherein the silica sol is alkali stabilised, the said polymer and the silica sol containing dispersed therein the included material are mixed together under alkaline conditions and the silica sol is condensed by acidification.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
23 words
Process according to claim 4 wherein the sol and polymer solutions are mixed together at a pH in the range 8.0 to 10.5.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
25 words
A process according to claim 4 wherein the silica sol is acidified by reducing the pH to between 4 and 8 in a stepwise manner.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
27 words
A process according to claim 4 wherein the non-adsorbing polymer is selected from the group comprising sodium dextran sulphate, sodium polyacrylate, sodium carboxymethyl cellulose and mixtures thereof.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
44 words
Process according to claim 1 wherein the silica sol is acid stabilised, the said polymer and the silica sol containing dispersed therein the included material are mixed together under acid conditions and the silica sol is condensed by raising the pH of the sol.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
37 words
Process according to claim 8 wherein the silica sol and polymer solutions are mixed together at a pH between 0 and 4.0 and the silica sol is condensed by raising the pH to between 4.0 and 8.0.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
51 words
Process according to claim 1 wherein the silica sol is acid stabilised, the said polymer and the silica sol containing dispersed therein the included material are mixed together at a pH between -1.0 and 4.0 and the silica sol is condensed by maintaining the silica sol ph between 0 and 4.0.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
21 words
Process according to claim 8 wherein the non-adsorbing polymer is selected from the group comprising dextran, polyacrylic acid and mixtures thereof.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
26 words
A process according to any one of claim 1 wherein the polymer concentration to induce phase separation is 0.1 to 20% by weight of the mixture.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
22 words
A process according to claim 1 including admixing the included material with the silica sol prior to contact with the non-adsorbing polymer.
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