.~ Chemical treatment (refining or modification except mere solvent extraction)
DEFINITION
Classification: 208/27
(under subclass 24) Processes wherein the paraffin wax is treated with a material which exerts a chemical reaction on the wax or component associated therewith.
(1) Note. Included in this subclass are processes of refining paraffin waxes and/or modifying their chemical and physical properties, by treatment with chemicals, excluding processes of mere solvent extraction.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
3, for processes of oxidizing of paraffin waxes.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
554, Organic Compounds,
124+, and 175+ for similar treatments of vegetable waxes. 570, Organic Compounds, for processes of halogenating paraffin wax.
