Supported liquid membrane and separation process employing same
AssigneeMonsanto Company
InventorSa V. Ho
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Abstract
An immobilized liquid membrane and a method for selective extraction using same wherein said membrane comprises a hydrophobic polyamphiphilic oligomeric or polymeric liquid supported or immobilized within a microporous support which may be hydrophobic.
Claims25
A supported liquid membrane comprising an oligomeric or polymeric liquid immobilized within a microporous support wherein said oligomeric or polymeric liquid is a hydrophobic poly (amphiphilic) compound containing a repeating unit of ##STR13## where Hy is a hydrophobic moiety and X is a polar moiety, and n is a number between 3 and 1000.
A supported liquid membrane comprising a hydrophobic polypropylene glycol or polybutylene glycol oligomeric or polymeric liquid immobilized within a microporous polypropylene support.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.