摘要:
The present invention relates to a method of removing a residual ethylene oxide monomer in polyethylene oxide used as a raw material for pharmaceutical preparations. More particularly, the method of the present invention comprises retaining high-molecular weight polyethylene oxide particles at a temperature not higher than a crystal melting point of the polyethylene oxide in the absence of an aggregation inhibitor under an atmospheric pressure in the standing state and, then, cooling the particles to 40 °C or lower under an atmospheric pressure and in the standing state, thereby, reducing a residual ethylene oxide monomer concentration to 1 ppm or lower without influencing on physical properties such as a specific surface area of the high-molecular weight polyethylene oxide particles.
摘要:
A method of removing residual ethylene oxide monomer from polyethylene oxide to be used as a raw material for medicinal preparations. The method is characterized by allowing particles of high-molecular polyethylene oxide to stand in a stationary state at a temperature not higher than the melting point of crystals of the polyethylene oxide at atmospheric pressure in the absence of an aggregation inhibitor and then cooling the particles in a stationary state to 40°C or lower at atmospheric pressure to thereby reduce the residual ethylene oxide monomer concentration to 1 ppm or lower without influencing physical properties of the high-molecular polyethylene oxide particles, such as specific surface area.