Abstract:
THIS INVENTION RELATES TO AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF A SEMIERMEABLE MEMBRANE BY POURING A LAYER OF A SOLUTION OF A PLASTIC ONTO A SUPPORT, EVAPORATING A PORTION OF THE SOLVENT FROM THE LAYER WHEREBY THE LAYERS IS PROVIDED WITH A SURFACE LAYER POOR IN SOLVENT, AND REMOVING THE REMAINING SOLVENT FROM THE LAYER BY MEANS OF A LIQUID WHICH IS MISCIBLE WITH THE SOLVENT BUT DOES NOT DISSOLVE THE PLASTIC, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISNG EMPLOYING AS THE PLASTIC AT LEAST ONE POLYAMIDE WHICH IS A POLYMERIZED B-LACTAM UNSUBSTITUTED AT THE NITROGEN ATOM.