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US 2011/0301302 A1Published application
Method of microbial and/or enzymatic devulcanization of rubber
AssigneeAppia, LLC
InventorsGeorg G. Bohm, Gregory N. Stephanopoulos
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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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A method of microbial or enzymatic devulcanization of rubber comprising:
- providing a particulate vulcanized rubber compound;
- swelling said particulate vulcanized rubber compound in a solvent;
- and
- introducing a microbe or enzyme into said solvent containing said particulate vulcanized rubber compound in order to devulcanize the compound.
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