Polyacrylonitrile polyetherimide

Typical UF membrane materials are polysulfone (PS), poly ether sulfone (PES), polyetheretherketone (PEEK), cellulose acetate (CA), polyacrylonitrile (PAN), polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), polyimide (PI), and polyetherimide (PEI) ... 

Typical solvents used in membrane production include N-methylpyrrolidinone, N,N-dimethylacetamide, N,N-dimethylformamide, dimethylsulfoxide, tetrahydrofuran, dioxane, dichloromethane, methyl acetate, ethyl acetate, and chloroform. They are used alone or in mixtures. These are used most frequently as non-solvents methanol, ethanol, 1-propanol, 2-propanol, 1-butanol, 2-butanol, and t-butanol. Polymers involved include polysulfone, polyethersulfone, polyamide, polyimide, polyetherimide, polyolefins, polycarbonate, polyphenyleneoxide, poly(vinylidene fluoride), polyacrylonitrile, and cellulose and its derivatives. 

Thin film composite membranes were prepared on in-house fabricated porous supporting membranes made of either polyetherimide (Ultem ) or polyacrylonitrile (PAN). Gas fluxes of composite membranes were measured at 1-5 bar feed pressure (pure gases) and room temperature using a soap-film bubble flow meter. In this case, the permeate pressure was the ambient atmospheric pressure. 

The selective hydrogenation of propyne to propene has been studied over porous ultraflltration polymeric membranes of polyacrylonitrile (PAN), polyetherimide (PEI) or polyamideimide (PAI) or over poly(acrylic acid) membranes, treated with palladium acetate. Similarly, porous PVDF membranes, also loaded with palladium particles, were used in hydrogenation flow-through experiments of methylenecyclohexane to methylcy-clohexanone. The hydrogenation of viscous liquids such as vegetable oils could also be performed in flow-through experiments over porous polymeric membranes loaded with palladium or platinum particles. " ... 

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