IPC 6 English version
 
C08C-C08C01944

SECTION C– CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY


C 08ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON (manufacture or treatment of artificial threads, fibres, bristles or ribbons D 01)


C 08 CTREATMENT OR CHEMICAL MODIFICATION OF RUBBERS


 Note

 This subclass covers:

 processes directed to natural rubber or to conjugated diene rubbers (synthesis thereof C 08 F); [2]

 processes directed to rubbers in general (to a specific rubber, other than provided for above, C 08 F to C 08 H). [2]



Preparation


1/

00Treatment of rubber latex

1/

02.Chemical or physical treatment of rubber latex before or during concentration

1/

04..Purifying; Deproteinising

1/

06..Preservation of rubber latex (preserving ingredients C 08 K)

1/

065..Increasing the size of dispersed rubber particles [2]

1/

07...characterised by the agglomerating agents used [2]

1/

075..Concentrating [2]

1/

08...with the aid of creaming agents [2]

1/

10...by centrifugation [2]

1/

12...by evaporation [2]

1/

14.Coagulation

1/

15..characterised by the coagulants used [2]

1/

16..in floc form


2/

00Treatment of rubber solutions [2]

2/

02.Purification [2]

2/

04..Removal of catalyst residues [2]

2/

06.Winning of rubber from solutions [2]


3/

00Treatment of coagulated rubber

3/

02.Purification [2]


4/

00Treatment of rubber before vulcanisation, not provided for in groups C 08 C 1/00 to C 08 C 3/02 [2]


19/

00Chemical modification of rubber (crosslinking agents, other than provided for by group C 08 C 19/30, C 08 K) [2]

Note

 In this group, in the absence of an indication to the contrary, a process is classified in the last appropriate place. [2]

19/

02.Hydrogenation [2]

19/

04.Oxidation [2]

19/

06..Epoxidation [2]

19/

08.Depolymerisation [2]

19/

10.Isomerisation; Cyclisation [2]

19/

12.Incorporating halogen atoms into the molecule [2]

19/

14..by reaction with halogens [2]

19/

16..by reaction with hydrogen halides [2]

19/

18..by reaction with hydrocarbons substituted by halogen [2]

19/

20.Incorporating sulfur atoms into the molecule [2]

19/

22.Incorporating nitrogen atoms into the molecule [2]

19/

24.Incorporating phosphorus atoms into the molecule [2]

19/

25.Incorporating silicon atoms into the molecule [5]

19/

26.Incorporating metal atoms into the molecule [2]

19/

28.Reaction with compounds containing carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds (graft polymers C 08 F) [2]

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30.Addition of a reagent which reacts with a hetero atom or a group containing hetero atoms of the macromolecule [2]

19/

32..reacting with halogens or halogen-containing groups [2]

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34..reacting with oxygen or oxygen-containing groups [2]

19/

36...with carboxy radicals [2]

19/

38...with hydroxy radicals [2]

19/

40...with epoxy radicals [2]

19/

42..reacting with metals or metal-containing groups [2]

19/

44...of polymers containing metal atoms exclusively at one or both ends of the skeleton [2]