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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2011
Filed:
May. 09, 2007
Noritaka Shibata, Toyohashi, JP;
Makoto Ideguchi, Minato-ku, JP;
Wataru Fujii, Minato-ku, JP;
Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A hydrophilizing agent for a hydrophobic porous membrane, wherein the agent contains a surfactant, and the surfactant has a frothability such that the bubble height immediately after frothing, as measured according to the Ross-Miles method (JIS K 3362), using a 0.1 wt % aqueous solution of the surfactant at 25° C., is 40 mm or less, and preferably has a frothability such that the bubble height five minutes after frothing is 20 mm or less; a method for hydrophilizing a hydrophobic porous membrane using this hydrophilizing agent; and a method for testing and hydrophilizing a membrane module using this hydrophilizing agent.