Method of producing a membrane of graft copolymer
AssigneeJapan Atomic Energy Research Institute
InventorsSueo Machi, Isao Ishigaki, Takanobu Sugo
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Abstract
A method of producing a membrane of graft copolymer by irradiating a polyolefine film with ionizing radiation before or simultaneously with graft copolymerizing an olefinic monomer or a mixture of an olefinic monomer and a polyene compound onto the polyolefine is disclosed. The method is characterized by graft copolymerization wherein the polyolefine base film is reciprocated between a pair of fixed reversing rollers through a mobile roller.
Claims4
A method of producing a membrane of graft copolymer by irradiating a polyolefin film with ionizing radiation before or simultaneously with graft copolymerizing an olefinic monomer or a mixture of olefinic monomer and a polyene compound onto the polyolefin, said method being characterized by graft copolymerization wherein the polyolefin film is transported in a forward direction from a fixed reversing roller to another fixed reversing roller via an intermediate mobile roller and when the film comes to its end, it is transported in a reverse direction, and said mobile roller is moved in a direction in which it applies a stretching load on the film being transported.
In a method of producing a graft polymerized membrane comprising irradiating a polyolefin film with ionizing radiation and contacting said polyolefin film with an olefinic monomer or a mixture of an olefinic monomer and a polyene compound to effect graft copolymerization of the monomer onto the polyolefin film, the improvement wherein
- wrinkles are avoided and expansion of the film is compensated for during the graft polymerization by continuously absorbing the expansion of the film that results from the graft copolymerization, said continuous absorbing of the expansion being carried out by applying tension to the film.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.