| abstract |
The present invention provides a viscous fluid comprising at least 75%wt carbohydrate, between 2%wt and 25%wt water, between 0%wt and 25%wt of a second organic solvent and between 10%wt and 55%wt HCI (as calculated by 100 time HCI weight divided by the combined weights of HCI and water), which second organic solvent is characterized by at least one of: (a2) having a polarity related component of Ho/s cohesion parameter between 0 and 15MPa.sup.1/2; (b2) having a Hydrogen bonding related component of Hoy's cohesion parameter between 0 and 20MPa.sup.1/2; and (c2) having a solubility in water of less than 15%, and forming a heterogeneous azeotrope with water wherein the weight/weight ratio of said second organic solvent to water is in the range of between 5 and 0.2, and wherein the solubility of water in said organic solvent is less than 20%. |