Abstract:
CELLULOSE ESTER, ESPECIALLY CELLULOSE ACETATE, SEMIPERMEABLE MEMBRANES HAVING SUPERIOR PERMEATION PROPERTIES OF FLUX AND SOLUTE REJECTION WHICH ARE PARTICULARLY SUITED FOR DESALINATION OF AQUEOUS SALT SOLUTIONS BY REVERSE OSMOSIS, PRODUCED BY A METHOD WHICH INCLUDES PRE-TREATMENT OF THE CELLULOSE ESTER MATERIAL IN THE FORM OF AN AQUEOUS SLURRY WITH CATALYTIC AMOUNTS OF A STRONG ACID PRIOR TO CASTING THE CELLULOSE ESTER MATERIAL INTO A FILM. METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE ABOVE DESCRIBED MEMBRANE, AND METHOD FOR DESALINATION OF SALT WATER EMPLOYING THE ABOVE DESCRIBED MEMBRANE.
Abstract:
CELLULOSE ESTER, ESPECIALLY CELLULOSE ACETATE, SEMIPERMEABLE MEMBRANES HAVING SUPERIOR PERMEATION PROPERTIES OF FLUX AND SOLUTE REJECTION WHICH ARE PARTICULARLY SUITED FOR DESALINATION OF AQUEOUS SALT SOLUTIONS BY REVERSE OSMOSIS PRODUCED BY A METHOD WHICH INCLUDES PRETREATMENT OF THE CELLULOSE ESTER MATERIAL IN THE FORM OF AN INERT SOLVENT SOLUTION WITH CATALYTIC AMOUNTS OF A CONCENTRATED STRONG ACID PRIOR TO CASTING THE CELLULOSE ESTER MATERIAL INTO A FILM. METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE ABOVE DESCRIBED MEMBRANE, AND METHOD FOR DESALINATION OF SALT WATER EMPLOYING THE ABOVE DESCRIBED MEMBRANE.