Abstract:
A process is disclosed for manufacturing capsules, en masse, by use of a liquid-liquid phase separation which includes certain inorganic material as complexing, phase-separation-inducing, polymer. The disclosed process is conducted in an aqueous capsule manufacturing vehicle and the material which emerges as a liquid phase is an aqueous solution of organic hydrophilic polymeric material and inorganic polymeric material complexed together. The liquid-liquid phase separation of this invention is the type generally named ''''complex'''' coacervation wherein the separated, emergent, liquid phase includes a major portion of both, the organic hydrophilic polymeric material and the phase-separationinducing material; in this invention, inorganic polyacid polymeric material. The organic polymeric material and the inorganic polymeric material are complexed together by virtue of opposite electrical charges, the complex is at least partially immiscible with the manufacturing vehicle, and the manufacturing vehicle contains only a minor amount of either polymeric material. Preferred materials for use in practicing the present invention include gelatin as the organic hydrophilic polymeric material and polymolybdates and polytungstates as the inorganic polymeric phase-separation-inducing material.
Abstract:
A PROCESS IS DISCLOSED FOR MANUFACTURING CAPSULES, EN MASSE, BY USE OF A LIQUID-LIQUID PHASE SEPARATION WHICH INCLUDES POLYPHOSPHATE INORGANIC MATERIAL AS A COMPLEXING, PHASE-SEPARATION-INDUCING, POLYMER. THE DISCLOSED PROCESS IS CONDUCTED IN AN AQUEOUS CAPSULE MANUFACTURING VEHICLE AND THE MATERIAL WHICH EMERGES AS A LIQUID PHASE IS AN AQUEOUS SOLUTION OF ORGANIC HYDROPHILIC POLYMERIC MATERIAL AND INORGANIC POLYPHOSPHATE MATERIAL. THE LIQUIDLIQUID PHASE SEPARATION OF THIS INVENTION IS THE TYPE GENERALLY NAMED "COMPLEX" COACERVATION WHEREIN THE SEPARATED, EMERGENT, LIQUID PHASE INCLUDES A MAJOR PORTION OF BOTH, THE ORGANIC HYDROPHILIC POLYMERIC MATERIAL AND THE PHASE-SEPARATION-INDUCING MATERIAL-IN THIS INVENTION, POLYPHOSPHATE POLYMERIC MATERIAL. THE ORGANIC POLYMERIC MATERIAL AND THE INORGANIC POLYMERIC MATERIAL ARE COMPLEXED TOGETHER BY VIRTUE OF OPPOSITE ELECTRICAL CHARGES, THE COMPLEX IS AT LEAST PARTIALLY IMMISCIBLE WITH THE MANUFACTURING VEHICLE, AND THE MANUFACTURING VEHICLE CONTAINS ONLY A MINOR AMOUNT OF EITHER POLYMERIC MATERIAL. PREFERRED MATERIALS FOR USE IN PRACTICING THE PRESENT INVENTION INCLUDE GELATIN AS THE ORGANIC HYDROPHILIC POLYMERIC MATERIAL AND POLYPHOSPHATES AS THE INORGANIC POLYMERIC PHASE-SEPARATION-INDUCING MATERIAL.
Abstract:
A process is disclosed for liquid-liquid phase separation utilizing certain inorganic polymeric materials as phaseseparation-inducing materials. The disclosed process is conducted in an aqueous liquid manufacturing vehicle and the material which emerges as a liquid phase is an aqueous solution comprising organic hydrophilic polymeric material. The liquid-liquid phase separation of this disclosure is of the type generally named ''''simple'''' coacervation wherein a major portion of the organic hydrophilic polymeric material is included in the separated, emergent, liquid phase and the phase-separation-inducing material is substantially evenly distributed, as to concentration, between the separated phase and the manufacturing vehicle. Preferred materials for use in practicing the present invention include gelatin as the organic hydrophilic polymeric material and polysilicates and polyphosphates as the inorganic polymeric phase-separation-inducing materials. The liquid-liquid phase separation of the present invention is useful for, among other things, manufacturing, en masse, minute capsules having the organic and inorganic hydrophilic polymeric material as capsule wall material.
Abstract:
A PROCESS IS DISCLOSED FOR MANUFACTURING CAPSULES, EN MASSE, BY USE OF A LIQUID-LIQUID PHASE SEPARATION WHICH INCLUDES POLYSILICATE INORGANIC MATERIAL AS A COMPLEXING, PHASE-SEPARATION-INDUCING, POLYMER. THE DISCLOSED PROCESS IN CONDUCTED IN AN AQUEOUS CAPSULE MANUFACTURING VEHICLE AND THE MATERIAL WHICH EMERGES AS A LIQUID PHASE IS AN AQUEOUS SOLUTION OF ORGANIC HYDROPHILIC POLYMERIC MATERIAL AND INORGANIC POLYSILICATE MATERIAL. THE LIQUID-LIQUID PHASE SEPARATION OF THIS INVENTION IS THE TYPE GENERALLY NAMED "COMPLEX" COACERVATION WHEREIN THE SEPARATED, EMERGENT, LIQUID PHASE INCLUDES A MAJOR PORTION OF BOTH, THE ORGANIC HYDROPHILIC POLYMERIC MATERIAL AND THE PHASESEPARATION-INDUCING MATERIAL;-IN THIS INVENTION POLYSILICATE POLYMERIC MATERIAL. THE ORGANIC POLYMERIC MATERIAL AND THE INORGANIC POLYMERIC MATERIAL ARE COMPLEXED TOGETHER BY VIRTUE OF OPPOSITE ELECTRICAL CHARGES, THE COMPLEX IS LEAST PARTIALLY IMMISCIBLE WITH THE MANUFACTURING VEHICLE, AND THE MANUFACTURING VEHICLE CONTAINS ONLY A MINOR AMOUNT OF EITHER POLYMERIC MATERIAL. PREFERRED MATERIALS FOR USE IN PRACTICING THE PRESENT INVENTION INCLUDE GELATIN AS THE ORGANIC HYDROPHILIC POLYMERIC MATERIAL AND POLYSILICATES AS THE INORGANIC POLYMERIC PHASE-SEPARATIONINDUCING MATERIAL.