(under subclass 300) Process wherein (a) a liquid colloidal suspension, or (b) a colloid in which the disperse phase has combined with the continuous phase to produce a viscous, jellylike material, is utilized at any stage.
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434, for coating of a rod, elongated flattened strip, multilayered elongated rod, coil, or thread.
446, for coating utilizing an organometallic.
452, for coating or impregnating with a melt.
470, for other coating processes.
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501, Compositions: Ceramic, particularly 12, for metal oxide containing ceramic compositions and processes of manufacturing same by the sol-gel route.
516, Colloid Systems and Wetting Agents; Subcombinations Thereof; Processes of Making, Stabilizing, Breaking, or Inhibiting,
31+, for colloid systems of colloid-sized solid or semisolid phase dispersed in primarily organic continuous liquid phase (dispersions, suspensions, sols), subclasses 77+ for colloid systems of colloid-sized solid phase dispersed in aqueous
continuous liquid phase (dispersions, suspensions, sols) subclasses 98+ for colloid systems of continuous or semicontinuous solid phase with discontinuous liquid phase (gels, pastes, flocs, coagulates) or agents for such systems or making or stabilizing such systems or agents; in each instance, when generically claimed or when there is no hierarchically superior provision in the USPC for the specifically claimed art.
