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Permselective membrane

Assignee: Toray Industries Inc
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Filing: 1982-07-21
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2002-07-21
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Abstract

Abstract A gas permselective membrane comprising a porous support having fine pores continuous in the thickness direction and a layer of a polymer laminated on the surface of said porous support, said polymer comprising silarylene-siloxane structural units represented by the following gener. al formula wherein R stands for an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, a phenyl group, a nucleus-substituted phenyl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, or a substituted alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, Ar stands for in which X is -0-, and m is a number of from 5 to 8000, and diorganosiloxane structural units represented by the following general formula wherein R 1 and R 2 each independently stand for an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, a phenyl group, a nucleus-substituted phenyl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, a vinyl group, or an allyl group, and n is a number of from 0 to 2000, with the proviso that n/m is in the range of 0 ≦ n/m ≦ 50, wherein the average pore size of said porous membrane is 0.001 to 1 µm and the thickness of said polymer layer is 0.01 to 1 µm. This permselective membrane has a high oxygen-separating capacity and is excellent in respect to pressure resistance and resistance to pinhole formation and, therefore, is valuable for obtaining from air oxygen-rich air- containing oxygen at a high concentration and at a low cost.

Inventors

  • 👤 Masakazu Hirose

Bibliographic Details

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CPC Classifications
C; C01; C01B; C01B13/00; C01B13/02; C01B13/0229; C01B13/0248; C01B13/0251; C01B13/0255; B; B01; B01D; B01D69/00; B01D69/12; B01D69/1213; B01D71/00; B01D71/06; B01D71/70; C01B2210/00; C01B2210/0043; C01B2210/0046

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim 213 words
A gas permselective membrane which comprises a porous support having fine pores continuous in the thickness direction and a layer of a polymer laminated on the surface of said porous support, said polymer comprising silarylene--siloxane structural units represented by the following general formula wherein R stands for an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, a phenyl group, a nucleus-substituted phenyl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, or a substituted alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, Ar stands for in which X is -0-, or -CH 2 -, or , and m is a number of from 5 to 8000, and diorganosiloxane structural units represented by the following general formula wherein R and R 2 each independently stand for an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, a phenyl group, a nucleus--substituted phenyl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, a vinyl. group, or an allyl group, and n is a number of from 0 to 2000, with the proviso that n/m is in the range of 0 < n/m < 50, wherein the average pore size of said porous membrane is 0.001 to 1 µm and the thickness of said polymer layer is 0.01 to 1 µm.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 213 words
A gas permselective membrane which comprises a porous support having fine pores continuous in the thickness direction and a layer of a polymer laminated on the surface of said porous support, said polymer comprising silarylene--siloxane structural units represented by the following general formula wherein R stands for an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, a phenyl group, a nucleus-substituted phenyl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, or a substituted alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, Ar stands for in which X is -0-, or -CH 2 -, or , and m is a number of from 5 to 8000, and diorganosiloxane structural units represented by the following general formula wherein R and R 2 each independently stand for an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, a phenyl group, a nucleus--substituted phenyl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, a vinyl. group, or an allyl group, and n is a number of from 0 to 2000, with the proviso that n/m is in the range of 0 < n/m < 50, wherein the average pore size of said porous membrane is 0.001 to 1 µm and the thickness of said polymer layer is 0.01 to 1 µm.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 23 words
A gas permselective membrane as set forth in claim 1, wherein Ar is a group and R is a group -CH 3 .
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 23 words
A gas permselective membrane as set forth in claim 1, wherein R 1 and R 2 stand for a group -CH 3 .
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 25 words
A gas permselective membrane as set forth in claim 1, wherein R 1 is a group -CH 3 , and R 2 is a group
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 35 words
A gas permselective membrane as set forth in claim 1, wherein Ar is a group R is a group -CH 3 , and R 1 and R 2 stand for a group -CH 3 .
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 37 words
A gas permselective membrane as set forth in claim 1, wherein Ar is a group , R is a group -CH 3 , R 1 is a group -CH 3 , and R 2 is a group
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 41 words
A gas permselective membrane as set forth in claim 1, wherein m is a number of from 5 to 1000, n is a number of 1 to 2000, and n/m is in the range of 1/100 < n/ m < 50.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 41 words
A gas permselective membrane as set forth in claim 1, wherein m is a number of from 5 to 500, n is a number of from 1 to 500, and n/m is in the range of 1/100 < n/m < 20.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 27 words
A gas permselective membrane as set forth in claim 1, wherein m is a number of from 50 to 8000, and n is a number of 0.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 27 words
A gas permselective membrane as set forth in claim 1, wherein the porous support is composed of a polysulfone resin, a polyether sulfone resin, or cellulose acetate.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 25 words
ll. A gas permselective membrane as set forth in claim I, wherein the average pore size of the porous membrane is 0.005 to 0.05 µm.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 24 words
A gas permselective membrane as set forth in claim 10, wherein the average pore size of the porous support is 0.005 to 0.05 µm.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 22 words
A gas permselective membrane as set forth in claim 1, wherein the thickness of the polymer layer is 0.05 to 0.7 µm.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 22 words
A gas permselective membrane as set forth in claim 1, wherein the thickness of the polymer layer is 0.1 to 0.5 µm.

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