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US 7,766,980 B2Granted
Method for the preparation of precipitates
AssigneeFujifilm Manufacturing Europe B.V.
InventorsGertjan Bögels, Jan Bastiaan Bouwstra, Huib Van Boxtel
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Abstract
The present invention concerns a method for the controlled precipitation of organic molecules which comprises the use of apparatus that is normally used in the field of photography.
Claims11
A method for the controlled precipitation of an organic molecule from an oversaturated solution, the method comprising:
- (a) providing an oversaturated solution of the organic molecule to be precipitated;
- (b) introducing the oversaturated solution into a nucleation chamber comprising an agitation means, being positioned inside, and in open connection with a vessel;
- (c) maintaining essentially homogeneous oversaturation of the oversaturated solution in the nucleation chamber during formation of precipitate;
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- (d) discharging the precipitate into the vessel after a predetermined period of time,
- wherein substantially a single polymorph of the organic molecule is obtained.
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