G
SECTION G — PHYSICS
 G

Note(s)

  1. In this section, the following term is used with the meaning indicated:
    • "variable" (as a noun) means a feature or property (e.g., a dimension, a physical condition such as temperature, a quality such as density or colour) which, in respect of a particular entity (e.g., an object, a quantity of a substance, a beam of light) and at a particular instant, is capable of being measured; the variable may change, so that its numerical expression may assume different values at different times, in different conditions or in individual cases, but may be constant in respect of a particular entity in certain conditions or for practical purposes (e.g., the length of a bar may be regarded as constant for many purposes).
  2. Attention is drawn to the definitions of terms or expressions used, appearing in the notes of several of the classes in this section, in particular those of "measuring" in class G01 and "control" and "regulation" in class G05.
  3. Classification in this section may present more difficulty than in other sections, because the distinction between different fields of use rests to a considerable extent on differences in the intention of the user rather than on any constructional differences or differences in the manner of use, and because the subjects dealt with are often in effect systems or combinations, which have features or parts in common, rather than "things", which are readily distinguishable as a whole. For example, information (e.g., a set of figures) may be displayed for the purpose of education or advertising (G09), for enabling the result of a measurement to be known (G01), for signalling the information to a distant point or for giving information which has been signalled from a distant point (G08). The words used to describe the purpose depend on features that may be irrelevant to the form of the apparatus concerned, for example, such features as the desired effect on the person who sees the display, or whether the display is controlled from a remote point. Again, a device which responds to some change in a condition, e.g., in the pressure of a fluid, may be used, without modification of the device itself, to give information about the pressure (G01L) or about some other condition linked to the pressure (another subclass of class G01, e.g., G01K for temperature), to make a record of the pressure or of its occurrence (G07C), to give an alarm (G08B), or to control another apparatus (G05).

    The classification scheme is intended to enable things of a similar nature (as indicated above) to be classified together. It is therefore particularly necessary for the real nature of any technical subject to be decided before it can be properly classified.

  
NUCLEONICS
 G21
NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
 G21F
PROTECTION AGAINST X-RADIATION, GAMMA RADIATION, CORPUSCULAR RADIATION OR PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT; TREATING RADIOACTIVELY CONTAMINATED MATERIAL; DECONTAMINATION ARRANGEMENTS THEREFOR (radiation protection by pharmaceutical means A61K 8/00, A61Q 17/00; in cosmonautic vehicles B64G; combined with a reactor G21C 11/00; combined with X-ray tubes H01J 35/00; combined with X-ray apparatus H05G 1/00)
P:30 G21F 1/00
Shielding characterised by the composition of the material
P:20 G21F 3/00
Shielding characterised by its physical form, e.g. granules, or shape of the material
P:0 G21F 5/00
Transportable or portable shielded containers
 G21F 5/002
·  Containers for fluid radioactive wastes  [5]
 G21F 5/005
·  Containers for solid radioactive wastes, e.g. for ultimate disposal  [5]
 G21F 5/008
·  ·  Containers for fuel elements  [5]
P:10 G21F 7/00
Shielded cells or rooms (chambers provided with manipulating devices in general B25J)
 G21F 7/005
·  Shielded passages through walls; Locks; Transferring devices between rooms (between glove-boxes G21F 7/00)  [5]
P:40 G21F 9/00
Treating radioactively contaminated material; Decontamination arrangements therefor  [2,5]
 G21F 9/04
·  Treating liquids  [2]
 G21F 9/06
·  ·  Processing (separating different isotopes of the same chemical element B01D 59/00)
 G21F 9/12
·  ·  ·  by absorption; by adsorption; by ion-exchange
 G21F 9/16
·  ·  ·  by fixation in stable solid media
 G21F 9/28
·  Treating solids  [2]
 G21F 9/30
·  ·  Processing (separating different isotopes of the same chemical element B01D 59/00)
 G21F 9/34
·  ·  Disposal of solid waste