Membrane composition and method of preparation
CA 2196478 C · Owner: Pham, Vu Anh · Inventors: Mahmud, Hassam; Pham, Vu Anh; Fang, Yi
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The present invention relates to membranes useful in the separation of water from a solution containing volatile organic compounds and water. The membranes may be used in dehydrating an organic/water mixture to purify an organic when an organic is of interest or, alternatively, producing pure water from an organic/water mixture when clean water is of interest. The membranes include a hydrophilic base polymer an optional pore-forming, polymer and a surface modifying macromolecule (SMM) which imparts surface hydrophobicity to the membrane.
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- Filed January 31, 1997 and granted January 28, 2003. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 31, 2017.
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