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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 1983
Filed:
Dec. 03, 1981
Raimund H Silva, Wilmington, DE (US);
Paul R Resnick, Wilmington, DE (US);
Roger A Smith, Kennett Square, PA (US);
E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
Solutions and membranes formed therefrom are disclosed with solvents having completely halogenated, saturated, hydrocarbon backbones and solubility parameters within a particular range. Preferred solvent have at least one ether linkage. An exemplary solvent is ##STR1## wherein X is F, Cl, Br, and I; n is 0, 1, and 2; m is 1, 2, and 3; and Y is COOCH.sub.3 and SO.sub.2 F. The solutions include perfluorinated copolymers having high equivalent weight which have been prepared from tetrafluoroethylene and perfluorinated sulfonyl fluoride- or carboxyl-containing vinyl monomers.