Abstract: A fluid filtration material made of a porous substrate, e,g. a membrane or a fabric that is coated with a fluorinated copolymer that contains recurring vinyl alcohol units to impart hydrophilicity. The material is crosslinked with multifunctional epoxides to maintain hydrophilicity on exposure to heat or solvent.

Abstract: A fluid filtration material made of a porous substrate, e.g. a membrane or a fabric, that is coated with a fluorinated copolymer that contains recurring vinyl alcohol units that have been reacted with a monoepoxide to aid in preventing loss of hydrophilicity in the coated material.

Abstract: Graft copolymers of .epsilon.-caprolactam are made by a process in which .epsilon.-caprolactam is polymerized in the presence of a copolymer of an aliphatic acrylate and an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid, such as n-butylacrylate and acrylic acid. Such grafted polymers which have nylon-6 side chains grafted onto the acrylate polymer backbone are useful as hot melt adhesives. In the process for preparing these polymers, the backbone polymer is formed initially by solution polymerization at a moderate temperature and the .epsilon.-caprolactam is then added and the temperature increased in the presence of an acidic catalyst. .epsilon.-Caprolactam can be used as the solvent in the polymerization of the backbone polymer.

Abstract: Normally hydrophobic fluoropolymer porous membranes having continuous pores are rendered hydrophilic by coating the pore interior with a mixture of at least one fluoroaliphatic surfactant and at least one hydrophilic but substantially water-insoluble polyurethane.