(under the class definition) Subject matter comprising means or methods of irradiation an object or material including a source and not provided for in any of the preceding subclasses.
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219, Electric Heating, for irradiation processes wherein the intent is to produce thermal changes in a material.
376, Induced Nuclear Reactions: Processes, Systems, and Elements
100+, and 156+ for subject matter wherein irradiation produces, or is intended to produce an induced nuclear reaction.
473+, for gettering of a semiconductor substrate via irradiation, subclasses 514+ for ion implantation of electrically active dopants into semiconductive regions, and subclasses 795+ for thermal treatment of a semiconductor substrate via irradiation to modify some property thereof.
606, Surgery, 2.5, for subject matter relating to removal of a calculus (e.g., stone) from the body wherein the calculus is fractured or disintegrated by use of light energy.
