18727863. POTASSIUM-SODIUM TARTRATE AS GRANULATING AID (BASF SE)
POTASSIUM-SODIUM TARTRATE AS GRANULATING AID
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Inventor(s)
Thorsten Cech of Ludwigshafen DE
Elisabeth Gruenstein of Ludwigshafen DE
Felicitas Guth of Ludwigshafen DE
Karl Kolter of Limburgerhof DE
POTASSIUM-SODIUM TARTRATE AS GRANULATING AID
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18727863 titled 'POTASSIUM-SODIUM TARTRATE AS GRANULATING AID
Original Abstract Submitted
The present invention relates to a powder mixture for the preparation of a granulate comprising as constituent at least a filler or at least an active ingredient or both and as granulation aid potassium sodium tartrate tetrahydrate (PST). Optionally constituents of the powder mixture to be granulated are binders, disintegrants and further customary auxiliaries. It was an object of the present invention to provide a powder mixture which can be granulated without adding a liquid but where the water for the granulation is released in-situ from PST. An additional drying step is not required.