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US 11,077,407 B2Granted
Porous hollow-fiber membrane and production process therefor
AssigneeToray Industries, Inc.
InventorsKenta Iwai, Masayuki Hanakawa, Tamotsu Kitade, Masahiro Kimura, Toshiyuki Ishizaki
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Abstract
The porous hollow-fiber membrane of the present invention comprises a fluororesin polymer, and has columnar structures oriented in the longitudinal direction thereof. In the porous hollow-fiber membrane, molecular chains of the fluororesin polymer have been oriented in the longitudinal direction of the porous hollow-fiber membrane and have an average value ν of Raman orientation parameter of 1.5-4.0.
Claims10
A porous hollow-fiber membrane comprising a fluororesin-based polymer, wherein
- the porous hollow-fiber membrane has a columnar texture oriented in a longitudinal direction thereof,
- a molecular chain in the columnar texture is oriented in the longitudinal direction of the porous hollow-fiber membrane, and
- the molecular chain has an average value v of a Raman orientation parameter being from 1.5 to 4.0:
- Raman orientation parameter =(I1270/I840) parallel/(I1270/I840) perpendicular (1),
- wherein
- parallel condition:
- the longitudinal direction of the porous hollow-fiber membrane is parallel to a polarization direction;
- perpendicular condition:
- the longitudinal direction of the porous hollow-fiber membrane is orthogonal to the polarization direction;
- I1270 parallel:
- the intensity of Raman band at 1,270 cm−1 under the parallel condition;
- I1270 perpendicular:
- the intensity of Raman band at 1,270 cm−1 under the perpendicular condition;
- I840 parallel:
- the intensity of Raman band at 840 cm−1 under the parallel condition;
- and
- I840 perpendicular:
- the intensity of Raman band at 840 cm−1 under the perpendicular condition.
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