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					<text>SECTION A <emdash/> HUMAN NECESSITIES</text>
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						<text>HEALTH</text>
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						<text>AMUSEMENT</text>
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						<text>LIFE-SAVING</text>
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						<text>FIRE-FIGHTING</text>
						<entryReference>ladders <sref ref="E06C"/></entryReference>
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							<text>CHEMICAL MEANS FOR EXTINGUISHING FIRES</text>
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							<text>PROCESSES FOR MAKING HARMFUL CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES HARMLESS, OR LESS HARMFUL, BY EFFECTING A CHEMICAL CHANGE</text>
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							<text>COMPOSITION OF MATERIALS FOR COVERINGS OR CLOTHING FOR PROTECTING AGAINST HARMFUL CHEMICAL AGENTS</text>
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							<text>COMPOSITION OF MATERIALS FOR TRANSPARENT PARTS OF GAS-MASKS, RESPIRATORS, BREATHING BAGS OR HELMETS</text>
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							<text>COMPOSITION OF CHEMICAL MATERIALS FOR USE IN BREATHING APPARATUS</text>
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								<text>Processes using enzymes or micro-organisms in order to:</text>
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										<text>liberate, separate or purify a pre-existing compound or composition, or to</text>
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										<text>treat textiles or clean solid surfaces of materials</text>
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								<orphan indent="1" edition="19900101">
									<text>are further classified in subclass <sref ref="C12S"/>.<nbsp/></text>
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						</note>
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								<text>Fire-extinguishing compositions</text>
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								<text>Use of chemical substances in extinguishing fires</text>
								<entryReference>fireproof paints <sref ref="C09D0005180000"/></entryReference>
								<entryReference>fireproofing materials <sref ref="C09K0021000000"/></entryReference>
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					<ipcEntry kind="1" symbol="A62D0001020000" ipcLevel="A" edition="19800101" entryType="K" lang="EN" nocore="yes">
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									<text>containing or yielding a gas phase, e.g. foams</text>
									<entryReference><sref ref="A62D0001060000"/>, <sref ref="A62D0001080000"/> take precedence</entryReference>
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										<text>characterised by the foam stabiliser</text>
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					<ipcEntry kind="1" symbol="A62D0001060000" ipcLevel="A" edition="19800101" entryType="K" lang="EN" nocore="yes">
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									<text>containing gas-producing, chemically-reactive components</text>
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					<ipcEntry kind="1" symbol="A62D0001080000" ipcLevel="A" edition="19800101" entryType="K" lang="EN" nocore="yes">
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									<text>containing volatile or gas-charged liquids</text>
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								<text>Processes for making harmful chemical substances harmless, or less harmful, by effecting a chemical change in the substances</text>
								<entryReference>consuming noxious gases by combustion <sref ref="F23G0007060000"/></entryReference>
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									<text>This group does not cover: </text>
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											<text>chemical or physico-chemical type processes where eradicating or diminishing the dangerousness of harmful chemical substances produces useful products (e.g. cement). These types of processes are covered by the appropriate subclass for making the specific product. However, in situations where processes for making products include a subset of process steps with eradicating or diminishing the dangerousness of a harmful chemical substance as its fundamental goal, and this subset is in itself novel and unobvious, this subset is covered by group <sref ref="A62D0003000000"/>.</text>
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									<text>In this group the following term is used with the meaning indicated: </text>
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											<text>“harmful chemical substances” are chemical waste substances which are too hazardous or toxic to be discarded in an ordinary municipal landfill.</text>
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									<text>In this group, at each hierarchical level, in the absence of an indication to the contrary, classification is made in the first appropriate place.</text>
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									<text>In this group, it is desirable to add the indexing code(s) of group <sref ref="A62D0101000000"/>relating to the nature of the harmful chemical substance.</text>
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									<text>by biological methods, i.e. processes using enzymes or micro-organisms</text>
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					<ipcEntry kind="1" symbol="A62D0003100000" ipcLevel="A" edition="20070101" entryType="K" lang="EN" nocore="yes">
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									<text>by subjecting to electric or wave energy or particle or ionizing radiation</text>
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										<text>Electrochemical processes, e.g. electrodialysis</text>
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											<text>Electrolytic degradation or conversion</text>
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						<ipcEntry kind="2" symbol="A62D0003130000" ipcLevel="A" edition="20070101" entryType="K" lang="EN" nocore="yes">
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										<text>to sonic energy</text>
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						<ipcEntry kind="2" symbol="A62D0003150000" ipcLevel="A" edition="20070101" entryType="K" lang="EN" nocore="yes">
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										<text>to particle radiation, e.g. electron beam radiation</text>
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						<ipcEntry kind="2" symbol="A62D0003170000" ipcLevel="A" edition="20070101" entryType="K" lang="EN" nocore="yes">
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										<text>to electromagnetic radiation, e.g. emitted by a laser</text>
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							<ipcEntry kind="3" symbol="A62D0003172000" ipcLevel="A" edition="20070101" entryType="K" lang="EN" nocore="yes">
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											<text>Gamma rays, i.e. radiation having a wavelength of about 0.003 to 0.03 nm</text>
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											<text>X-rays, i.e. radiation having a wavelength of about 0.03 to 3 nm</text>
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							<ipcEntry kind="3" symbol="A62D0003176000" ipcLevel="A" edition="20070101" entryType="K" lang="EN" nocore="yes">
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											<text>Ultraviolet radiation, i.e. radiation having a wavelength of about 3 to 400 nm</text>
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							<ipcEntry kind="3" symbol="A62D0003178000" ipcLevel="A" edition="20070101" entryType="K" lang="EN" nocore="yes">
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											<text>Microwave radiation, i.e. radiation having a wavelength of about 0.3 to 30 cm</text>
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						<ipcEntry kind="2" symbol="A62D0003190000" ipcLevel="A" edition="20070101" entryType="K" lang="EN" nocore="yes">
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										<text>to plasma</text>
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					<ipcEntry kind="1" symbol="A62D0003200000" ipcLevel="A" edition="20070101" entryType="K" lang="EN" nocore="yes">
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									<text>by hydropyrolysis or destructive steam gasification, e.g. using water and heat to effect chemical change</text>
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					<ipcEntry kind="1" symbol="A62D0003300000" ipcLevel="A" edition="20070101" entryType="K" lang="EN" nocore="yes">
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									<text>by reacting with chemical agents</text>
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						<ipcEntry kind="2" symbol="A62D0003320000" ipcLevel="A" edition="20070101" entryType="K" lang="EN" nocore="yes">
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										<text>by treatment in molten chemical reagent, e.g. salts or metals</text>
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						<ipcEntry kind="2" symbol="A62D0003330000" ipcLevel="A" edition="20070101" entryType="K" lang="EN" nocore="yes">
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										<text>by chemically fixing the harmful substance, e.g. by chelation or complexation</text>
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						<ipcEntry kind="2" symbol="A62D0003340000" ipcLevel="A" edition="20070101" entryType="K" lang="EN" nocore="yes">
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										<text>Dehalogenation using reactive chemical agents able to degrade</text>
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										<text>by hydrolysis</text>
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						<ipcEntry kind="2" symbol="A62D0003360000" ipcLevel="A" edition="20070101" entryType="K" lang="EN" nocore="yes">
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										<text>Detoxification by using acid or alkaline reagents</text>
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										<text>by reduction, e.g. hydrogenation</text>
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										<text>by oxidation</text>
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										<text>by combustion</text>
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									<text>by heating to effect chemical change, e.g. by pyrolysis</text>
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								<text>Composition of materials for coverings or clothing affording protection against harmful chemical agents</text>
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								<text>Composition of materials for transparent parts of gas-masks, respirators, breathing bags, or helmets</text>
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									<text>Clear-view sheets which prevent the formation of water drops or ice</text>
									<entryReference>materials for minimising adherence of ice or water to surfaces <sref ref="C09K0003180000"/></entryReference>
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								<text>Composition of chemical substances for use in breathing apparatus</text>
								<entryReference>production of oxygen-generating compounds in general, processes for the production of oxygen from chemicals in general <sref ref="C01B0013000000"/>, <sref ref="C25B0001020000"/></entryReference>
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								<text>Indexing scheme associated with group <sref ref="A62D0003000000"/> relating to the nature of the harmful chemical substances</text>
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				<ipcEntry kind="m" symbol="A62D0101000000" ipcLevel="A" edition="20070101" entryType="I" lang="EN" nocore="yes">
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								<text>Harmful chemical substances made harmless, or less harmful, by effecting chemical change</text>
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								<noteParagraph edition="20070101">
									<text>When indexing a substance in groups <sref ref="A62D0101020000"/><nbsp/>- <sref ref="A62D0101080000"/>, indexing according to its chemical structure may also be made in one or more of groups <sref ref="A62D0101200000"/><nbsp/>- <sref ref="A62D0101400000"/>.</text>
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					<ipcEntry kind="1" symbol="A62D0101020000" ipcLevel="A" edition="20070101" entryType="I" lang="EN" nocore="yes">
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									<text>Chemical warfare substances, e.g. cholinesterase inhibitors</text>
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					<ipcEntry kind="1" symbol="A62D0101040000" ipcLevel="A" edition="20070101" entryType="I" lang="EN" nocore="yes">
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									<text>Pesticides, e.g. insecticides, herbicides, fungicides or nematicides</text>
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					<ipcEntry kind="1" symbol="A62D0101060000" ipcLevel="A" edition="20070101" entryType="I" lang="EN" nocore="yes">
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									<text>Explosives, propellants or pyrotechnics, e.g. rocket fuel or napalm</text>
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					<ipcEntry kind="1" symbol="A62D0101080000" ipcLevel="A" edition="20070101" entryType="I" lang="EN" nocore="yes">
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							<title>
								<titlePart>
									<text>Toxic combustion residues, e.g. toxic substances contained in fly ash from waste incineration</text>
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					<ipcEntry kind="1" symbol="A62D0101200000" ipcLevel="A" edition="20070101" entryType="I" lang="EN" nocore="yes">
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									<text>Organic substances</text>
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						<ipcEntry kind="2" symbol="A62D0101220000" ipcLevel="A" edition="20070101" entryType="I" lang="EN" nocore="yes">
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										<text>containing halogen</text>
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						<ipcEntry kind="2" symbol="A62D0101240000" ipcLevel="A" edition="20070101" entryType="I" lang="EN" nocore="yes">
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										<text>containing heavy metals</text>
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						<ipcEntry kind="2" symbol="A62D0101260000" ipcLevel="A" edition="20070101" entryType="I" lang="EN" nocore="yes">
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										<text>containing nitrogen or phosphorus</text>
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						<ipcEntry kind="2" symbol="A62D0101280000" ipcLevel="A" edition="20070101" entryType="I" lang="EN" nocore="yes">
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										<text>containing oxygen, sulfur, selenium or tellurium, i.e. chalcogen</text>
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									<text>Inorganic substances</text>
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										<text>Inorganic fibers, e.g. asbestos</text>
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						<ipcEntry kind="2" symbol="A62D0101430000" ipcLevel="A" edition="20070101" entryType="I" lang="EN" nocore="yes">
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										<text>containing heavy metals, in the bonded or free state</text>
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						<ipcEntry kind="2" symbol="A62D0101450000" ipcLevel="A" edition="20070101" entryType="I" lang="EN" nocore="yes">
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										<text>containing nitrogen or phosphorus</text>
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						<ipcEntry kind="2" symbol="A62D0101470000" ipcLevel="A" edition="20070101" entryType="I" lang="EN" nocore="yes">
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										<text>containing oxygen, sulfur, selenium or tellurium, i.e. chalcogen</text>
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