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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 1991
Filed:
May. 11, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
I-Fan Wang, Olney, MD (US);
Bhupender S Minhas, Columbia, MD (US);
Assignee:
W. R. Grace & Co.-Conn., New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ; B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
55 16 ; 55 68 ; 55158 ; 21050039 ;
Abstract
An asymmetric membrane and a method for its preparation is disclosed. The membrane is suitable for gas separation, reverse osmosis and pervaporation applications and is characterized in that it is based on a fully imidized 5(6)-amino-1-(4'-aminophenyl)-1,3-trimethylindane polymer having pore diameters of less than 20 .ANG. units, CO.sub.2 /CH.sub.4 selectivity of at least 20 and CO.sub.2 permeability of at least 1.0 SCFH/ft.sup.2 at 100 p.s.i.