IPC 7 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 D01)


C 08 CTREATMENT OR CHEMICAL MODIFICATION OF RUBBERS


Note

 This subclass covers:

 processes directed to natural rubber or to conjugated diene rubbers (synthesis thereof C08F);  [2]

 processes directed to rubbers in general (to a specific rubber, other than provided for above, C08F to C08H).  [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 C08K)

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 C08C 1/00 to C08C 3/02  [2]


19/

00Chemical modification of rubber (crosslinking agents, other than provided for by group C08C 19/30, C08K) [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]

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04.Oxidation  [2]

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06..Epoxidation  [2]

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08.Depolymerisation  [2]

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10.Isomerisation; Cyclisation  [2]

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12.Incorporating halogen atoms into the molecule  [2]

19/

14..by reaction with halogens  [2]

19/

16..by reaction with hydrogen halides  [2]

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

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20.Incorporating sulfur atoms into the molecule  [2]

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22.Incorporating nitrogen atoms into the molecule  [2]

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24.Incorporating phosphorus atoms into the molecule  [2]

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25.Incorporating silicon atoms into the molecule  [5]

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26.Incorporating metal atoms into the molecule  [2]

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28.Reaction with compounds containing carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds (graft polymers C08F)  [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]

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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]

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38...with hydroxy radicals  [2]

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40...with epoxy radicals  [2]

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

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