6. IN A PROCESS FOR THE REMOVAL OF LACTOSE FROM AN AQUEOUS LIQUID LACTEAL MATERIAL CONTAINING THE SAME, THE STEPS OF FORMING A CONCENTRATE OF THE MATERIAL WITH A PORTION OF ITS LACTOSE IN A CONDITION OF SUPERSATURATION, CRYSTALLIZING LACTOSE IN THE CONCENTRATE TO PROVIDE CRYSTAL PARTICLES RANGING GENERALLY FROM ABOUT 105 TO 840 MICRONS IN SIZE, SUBJECTING THE CONCENTRATE TO ATOMIZATION WHEREBY ATOMIZED DROPLETS AND LACTOSE CRYSTALS ARE DISCHARGED THROUGH A ZONE ADJACENT THE REGION OF ATOMIZATION, DIRECTING A STREAM OF GAS TOWARD AND THROUGH SAID ZONE FROM ONE SIDE THEREOF TO THEREBY CAUSE SEPARATION BETWEEN