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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 1980
Filed:
Mar. 02, 1979
Russell B Hodgdon, Sudbury, MA (US);
Samuel S Alexander, Boxboro, MA (US);
Ionics, Incorporated, Watertown, MA (US);
Abstract
This invention relates to cross-linked copolymers of methacrylate esters containing ionogenic functional groups capable of being converted into high efficiency electro-dialysis membranes. Such totally aliphatic polymer membranes have been found to give electrical resistances which can be as low as one half that of membranes previously synthesized as well as higher interstitial molality. This reduced resistance, in concert with a high degree of chemical and physical stability enables water desalination by electrodialysis to be performed over longer periods of useful membrane life and at a lower expenditure of electrical energy per thousand gallons of water desalted.