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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 1983
Filed:
Apr. 21, 1980
Taku Tanaka, Kurashiki, JP;
Shuzo Yamashita, Kurashiki, JP;
Hirokuni Tanii, Kurashiki, JP;
Akira Kubotsu, Soja, JP;
Syuji Kawai, Kurashiki, JP;
Kuraray Co., Ltd., Kurashiki, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a hollow fiber membrane of ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer which is produced by a process comprising extruding a spinning solution of an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer in a solvent selected from the group consisting of dimethylsulfoxide, dimethylacetamide, pyrrolidone, N-methylpyrrolidone and mixtures thereof through a hollow fiber spinneret while a liquid coagulant is introduced into a central aperture of said spinneret, passing the spun fiber through a gaseous atmosphere in a manner such that the fiber is drawn 0.5 to 20 times its extrusion rate and then coagulating said fiber in a coagulating bath at a temperature within the range satisfying the following relationship: