Composite membrane
OwnerRobert S. Mallouk, Phillip A. Brancainventors
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Abstract
A porous composite membrane is provided comprising a film of porous, expanded polytetrafluoroethylene whose surfaces, both exterior and within its pores, are coated with a metal salt of a perfluoro-cation exchange polymer. Also provided is the method of avoiding false-positive detection of the presence of organic nerve gas agents by a sensor adapted to detect such presence by employing in the sensor a porous composite membrane comprising a film of porous, expanded polytetrafluoroethylene whose surfaces, both exterior and within its pores, are coated with a metal salt of a perfluoro-cation exchange polymer, the composite acting as a scavenger of unwanted gas components which cause the false-positive signals.
Claims12
A porous composite membrane comprising a film of porous, expanded polytetrafluoroethylene whose surfaces, both exterior and within its pores, are coated with a reactive metal salt of perfluoro-cation exchange polymer.
The method of avoiding false-positive detection of the presence of organic nerve gas agents by a sensor adapted to detect said presence by employing in said sensor a porous composite membrane comprising a film of porous, expanded polytetrafluoroethylene whose surfaces, both exterior and within its pores, are coated with a metal salt of a perfluoro-cation exchange polymer, said composite acting as a scavenger of unwanted gas components which cause said false-positive signals.
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