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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 1991
Filed:
Dec. 05, 1989
Robert D Mahoney, Danville, CA (US);
Richard A Lundgard, Antioch, CA (US);
The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI (US);
Abstract
This invention relates a composition useful for preparing a polyvinylidene fluoride polymer membrane containing (1) a polyvinylidene fluoride polymer, (2) glycerol monoacetate, glycerol diacetate, glycerol triacetate, or mixtures thereof, and (3) optionally glycerol, wherein the polyvinylidene fluoride polymer membrane prepared from the composition is useful for a membrane liquid separation process such as microfiltration, ultrafiltration, dialysis, or membrane stripping. In another aspect, this invention is an improved process for using the composition to prepare a polyvinylidene fluoride polymer membrane by forming a mixture of the composition, heating the mixture to a temperature at which the mixture becomes a homogeneous fluid, and extruding, molding, or casting the homogeneous fluid into a membrane. Another aspect of this invention relates to a polyvinylidene fluoride polymer membrane where the fabricated membrane contains glycerol monoacetate, glycerol diacetate, glycerol triacetate, or mixtures thereof, and optionally glycerol.