(under subclass 156) Process in which a frothy or sudslike dispersion that was formed during the liquid-gas contact or was present before the liquid-gas contact is resolved or broken into separate fluid phases.
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155, and 242, for other processes of defoaming a liquid.
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96, Gas Separation: Apparatus,
176+, for defoaming apparatus.
516, Colloid Systems and Wetting Agents; Subcombinations Thereof; Processes of Making, Stabilizing, Breaking, or Inhibiting,
115+, for processes of or compositions for or subcombination compositions for the breaking of or inhibiting of foam colloid systems, when generically claimed or when there is no hierarchically superior provision in the USPC for the specifically claimed art.
