US4961853A
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Porous membranes and production processes thereof
Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corp
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Filing: 1988-10-20
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Granted: 1990-10-09
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Expires: 2008-10-20
Abstract
Abstract Disclosed are heat-resisting porous membranes or hydrophilized heat-resisting porous membranes comprising a polyolefin, especially a polyethylene or a polypropylene membrane having a crosslinked polymer held thereon, the crosslinked polymer being composed principally of (a) a polymerizable monomer containing one acid anhydride group or two esterified carboxyl groups or a monomer having at least one carboxylic group and (b) divinylbenzene, or of (a), (b) and further (c) styrene or a derivative thereof, or of (b) and (c). These membranes are prepared by thermally polymerizing some of monomer components from (a) through (c) held on at least a part of the surface of the porous membranes and optionally by further hydrophilizing the crosslinked polymer. The resulting porous membranes are useful for membrane separation requiring steam sterilization and for membrane separation of water of a high temperature.
Inventors
- 👤 Hajime Itoh
- 👤 Kouzi Ohbori
- 👤 Kazutami Mitani
- 👤 Hiroshi Takahashi
- 👤 Kouji Takehashi
- 👤 Kunihiro Aoki
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 03:16
CPC Classifications
B; B01; B01D; B01D67/00; B01D67/0081; B01D67/0088; C; C08; C08J; C08J9/00; C08J9/36; C08J9/40; C08J9/405; C08J9/42; B01D2323/00; B01D2323/30; C08J2323/00; C08J2323/02; C08J2425/00; G; G01; G01N; G01N30/00; G01N30/02; G01N30/50; G01N30/52; G01N2030/524; G01N2030/527
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
98 words
A heat-resisting porous membrane comprising a porous polyethylene or polypropylene membrane having a crosslinked polymer held on at least a part of the surfaces thereof, the crosslinked polymer being composed principally of (a) a polymerizable monomer A containing one acid anhydride group or two esterified carboxyl groups and having reactivity ratios R 1 and R 2 of not greater than 0.30 for copolymerization with styrene, (b) divinylbenzene and optionally (c) at least one of styrene and α-methylstyrene in proportions and under conditions to provide heat resistant properties sufficient to enable said member to effectively withstand wet steam sterilization.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
98 words
A heat-resisting porous membrane comprising a porous polyethylene or polypropylene membrane having a crosslinked polymer held on at least a part of the surfaces thereof, the crosslinked polymer being composed principally of (a) a polymerizable monomer A containing one acid anhydride group or two esterified carboxyl groups and having reactivity ratios R 1 and R 2 of not greater than 0.30 for copolymerization with styrene, (b) divinylbenzene and optionally (c) at least one of styrene and α-methylstyrene in proportions and under conditions to provide heat resistant properties sufficient to enable said member to effectively withstand wet steam sterilization.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
87 words
A process for the production of a heat-resisting porous membrane, which comprises the steps of: holding a monomer mixture composed principally of (a) a polymerizable monomer A as defined above, (b) divinylbenzene and optionally (c) at least one of styrene and α-methylstyrene, on at least a part of the surfaces of a starting porous membrane formed of polyethylene or propylene; and thermally polymerizing the monomer mixture in proportions and under conditions to provide heat resistance properties sufficient to enable said membrane to effectively withstand wet steam sterilization.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
87 words
A process for the production of a heat-resisting porous membrane, which comprises the steps of: holding a monomer mixture composed principally of (a) a polymerizable monomer A as defined above, (b) divinylbenzene and optionally (c) at least one of styrene and α-methylstyrene, on at least a part of the surfaces of a starting porous membrane formed of polyethylene or propylene; and thermally polymerizing the monomer mixture in proportions and under conditions to provide heat resistance properties sufficient to enable said membrane to effectively withstand wet steam sterilization.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
97 words
A hydrophilized porous membrane, comprising: a porous polyolefin membrane having a crosslinked polymer held on at least a part of the surfaces thereof, the crosslinked polymer being composed principally of (d) monomer units D containing at least one carboxyl group, (b) divinylbenzene units and optionally (c) monomer units derived from at least one of styrene and α-methylstyrene in proportions and polymerized under conditions to provide a membrane with heat resistance properties sufficient to enable said membrane to effectively withstand wet steam sterilization, said crosslinked polymer being characterized by a substantial uniform distribution of the monomer units D.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
97 words
A hydrophilized porous membrane, comprising: a porous polyolefin membrane having a crosslinked polymer held on at least a part of the surfaces thereof, the crosslinked polymer being composed principally of (d) monomer units D containing at least one carboxyl group, (b) divinylbenzene units and optionally (c) monomer units derived from at least one of styrene and α-methylstyrene in proportions and polymerized under conditions to provide a membrane with heat resistance properties sufficient to enable said membrane to effectively withstand wet steam sterilization, said crosslinked polymer being characterized by a substantial uniform distribution of the monomer units D.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
113 words
A process for the production of a hydrophilized porous membrane, which comprises the steps of: holding a monomer mixture composed principally of (a) a polymerizable monomer A as defined above, (b) divinylbenzene and optionally (c) at least one of styrene and α-methylstyrene, on at least a part of the surfaces of a starting porous membrane formed of a polyolefin; heating the monomer mixture to form a crosslinked polymer; and hydrolyzing at least a part of the acid anhydride groups or esterified carboxyl groups present in the crosslinked polymer, said monomers being polymerized in proportions and under conditions to provide heat resistance properties sufficient to enable said membrane to effectively withstand wet steam sterilization.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
113 words
A process for the production of a hydrophilized porous membrane, which comprises the steps of: holding a monomer mixture composed principally of (a) a polymerizable monomer A as defined above, (b) divinylbenzene and optionally (c) at least one of styrene and α-methylstyrene, on at least a part of the surfaces of a starting porous membrane formed of a polyolefin; heating the monomer mixture to form a crosslinked polymer; and hydrolyzing at least a part of the acid anhydride groups or esterified carboxyl groups present in the crosslinked polymer, said monomers being polymerized in proportions and under conditions to provide heat resistance properties sufficient to enable said membrane to effectively withstand wet steam sterilization.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
61 words
A heat-resisting porous membrane, comprising: a porous polyethylene or polypropylene membrane having a crosslinked polymer held on at least a part of the surfaces thereof, the crosslinked polymer being composed principally of (b) divinylbenzene and (c) at least one of styrene and α-methylstyrene in proportions to provide heat resistant properties sufficient to enable said membrane to effectively withstand wet steam sterilization.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
61 words
A heat-resisting porous membrane, comprising: a porous polyethylene or polypropylene membrane having a crosslinked polymer held on at least a part of the surfaces thereof, the crosslinked polymer being composed principally of (b) divinylbenzene and (c) at least one of styrene and α-methylstyrene in proportions to provide heat resistant properties sufficient to enable said membrane to effectively withstand wet steam sterilization.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
46 words
A heat-resisting porous membrane as claimed is claim 5 wherein a hydrophilic crosslinked polymer composed principally of a hydrophilic monomer and a crosslinkable monomer is held on at least a part of the surfaces of the porous polyethylene or polypropylene membrane and/or on the crosslinked polymer.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
16 words
A heat-resisting porous membrane as claimed in claim 6 wherein the hydrophilic monomer is diacetone acrylamide.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
79 words
A process for the production of a heat-resisting porous membrane, which comprises the steps of: holding a monomer mixture composed principally of (b) divinylbenzene and (c) at least one of styrene and α-methyl styrene, on at least a part of the surfaces of a starting porous membrane formed of polyethylene or polypropylene; and thermally polymerizing the monomer mixture in proportions and under conditions to provide heat resistant properties sufficient to enable said membrane to effectively withstand wet steam sterilization.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
79 words
A process for the production of a heat-resisting porous membrane, which comprises the steps of: holding a monomer mixture composed principally of (b) divinylbenzene and (c) at least one of styrene and α-methyl styrene, on at least a part of the surfaces of a starting porous membrane formed of polyethylene or polypropylene; and thermally polymerizing the monomer mixture in proportions and under conditions to provide heat resistant properties sufficient to enable said membrane to effectively withstand wet steam sterilization.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
46 words
A process as claimed in claim 8 which further includes the steps of holding a monomer mixture composed principally of a hydrophilic monomer and a crosslinkable monomer, on at least a part of the surfaces of the resulting porous membrane; and thermally polymerizing the monomer mixture.
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