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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 1990
Filed:
Aug. 30, 1989
Michael M Chau, San Diego, CA (US);
Allied-Signal Inc., Morris Township, Morris County, NJ (US);
Abstract
High flux semipermeable membranes which comprise a polymerized reaction product within and/or on a porous support may be prepared by contacting the porous support such as a polysulfone sheet with an aqueous solution of an polyamine, said aqueous solution containing a polar aprotic solvent not reactive with amines and optionally an acid acceptor. The surface of the coated support is dried to the touch and then contacted with an organic solution of an polycarboxylic acid halide for a period of time sufficient to form a polymerized reaction product within and/or on the surface of the support material. The resulting composite may be post treated by washing with an alkaline compound. The resultant membrane composite may be used in separation processes such as the desalination of brackish or seawater, or the softening of domestic hard water.