.~ Emulsion breaking or multiple liquid separating
DEFINITION
Classification: 95/253
Emulsion breaking or multiple liquid separating:
(under subclass 241) Process in which two liquids are separated, one of which (a) is originally finely dispersed in the other, as in an emulsion, or (b) is mixed in and flows with the other.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
188+, and 206+, for contacting a gas with a liquid and separation of the liquid from the contact liquid.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
55, Gas Separation,
421, for gas separation apparatus which has means to separate a liquid from a mixture with one or more additional liquids.
96, Gas Separation: Apparatus, 182+, for degasifying means for liquid which has means to separate a liquid from a mixture with one or more additional liquids.
210, Liquid Purification or Separation, for liquid purification or separation, and see particularly
708, for emulsion breaking.
516, Colloid Systems and Wetting Agents; Subcombinations Thereof; Processes of Making, Stabilizing, Breaking, or Inhibiting,
135+, for processes of or compositions for or subcombination compositions for the breaking of or inhibiting of emulsion colloid systems, by addition of chemical agent or by action of physical agent, when generically claimed or when there is no hierarchically superior provision in the USPC for the specifically claimed art.
