METHOD OF MAKING A FLUOROPOLYMER

摘要

The present invention provides a method of making a fluoropolymer comprising: (i) providing an aqueous dispersion of fluoropolymer particles by polymerizing one or more fluorinated olefins and optionally one or more fluorinated or non-fluorinated comonomers in an aqueous emulsion polymerization whereby the polymerization is initiated in the absence of a fluorinated surfactant and whereby no fluorinated surfactant is added during polymerization; (ii) recovering the fluoropolymer from the aqueous dispersion thereby obtaining said fluoropolymer and waste water; and (iii) contacting said waste water with an anion exchange resin; or alternatively to steps (ii) and (iii), contacting said aqueous dispersion with an anion exchange resin and subsequently separating said anion exchange resin from said aqueous dispersion.