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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
J. Scott Buchanan, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Lawrence J. Altman, Sarasota, FL (US);
John W. Diehl, Paulsboro, NJ (US);
Assignee:
ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 6/996 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 6/996 ;
Abstract
A method for separating at least one lower polarity fluid from a mixture of fluids having varying polarity, comprising contacting at least one low polarity or non-polar polymeric membrane with the mixture of fluids under conditions such that the at least one lower polarity fluid selectively permeates through the membrane, wherein the membrane is one which has a ratio of heteroatoms chemically bonded to the carbon atoms in the membrane to the number of carbon atoms of less than about 0.2, preferably less than about 0.05.