Method of microbial and/or enzymatic devulcanization of rubber
US9193853B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 26, 2011 |
| Grant date | Nov 24, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 16, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02W30/62
- WIPO fieldMacromolecular chemistry, polymers
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method for microbial and/or enzymatic devulcanization of rubber includes: providing a particulate vulcanized rubber compound, swelling the vulcanized rubber compound in a solvent, and introducing a microbe or enzyme into the solvent containing the particulate vulcanized rubber in order to devulcanize the rubber compound.
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