| CPC B01D 71/44 (2013.01) [B01D 67/0013 (2013.01); B01D 69/02 (2013.01); B01D 2325/02 (2013.01); B01D 2325/04 (2013.01)] | 12 Claims |
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1. A porous membrane comprising:
a poly (cyclic olefin) copolymer according to:
![]() wherein n and m represent the number of repeat units of each type, p is 0 or 1, and R is chosen from:
(i) a C1-C10 alkyl group; and
(ii) a C1-C10 alkyl group substituted one to three times with a group chosen from halo, nitro, C1-C4 alkoxy, cyano, amine, sulfonamide, sulfonic acid, trifluoromethanesulfonamido, phosphonic acid, carboxyl, hydroxyl, and salts thereof;
the porous membrane having a thickness of about 40 μm to about 300 μm and a mean pore size of about 10 nm to about 100 nm, and
wherein the porous membrane exhibits an isopropanol flow time in a range from about 200 seconds/500 ml to about 50,000 seconds/500 ml when measured at 14.2 psi and at a temperature of about 21° C.
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