New ultrafiltration membranes to produce excellent water quality over the long term

Providing access to drinking water for a majority of people is a real and imperative issue. Arkema began marketing this year a new Kynar PVDF nanostructured grade that is particularly innovative in membrane filtration for the production of drinking water.

This high performance fluorinated polymer - winner of the 2016 Pierre Potier prize in France - is used to manufacture ultrafiltration membranes capable of filtering out ultra fine particles such as bacteria and viruses. Furthermore, Kynar PVDF membranes boast the specific feature of being hydrophilic, thereby allowing a 20% increase in the flow of filtered water compared to traditional membranes for the same energy output.

Finally, these membranes feature lasting resistance to ageing and to corrosive chemicals, and so their lifetime can be extended from 5 to 10 years.

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