Finishing of neopentyl glycol
AssigneeBASF Aktiengesellchaft
InventorsStefan Käshammer, Andreas Klein, Charles L. Smith, Winfried Müller
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Abstract
In a process for finishing neopentyl glycol by cooling, crystallizing and comminuting a neopentyl glycol melt and subsequent packing of the resulting neopentyl glycol particles in storage or transport containers, the melt is cooled at the commencement of cooling for at least 1/10 minutes without use of a coolant or with use of a coolant having a temperature in the range from 50 to 120° C. and the product is packed at a temperature below 30° C.
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A process for finishing neopentyl glycol by cooling, crystallizing and comminuting a neopentyl glycol melt and subsequently packing the resulting neopentyl glycol particles in storage or transport containers, which comprises cooling the melt at the commencement of cooling for at least 1/10 minutes without use of a coolant or with the use of a coolant having a temperature in the range from 50 to 120° C. and packing the product at a temperature below 30° C.
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