Applicability of liquid membranes in environmental protection

One the modern techniques of mixture separation is the application of liqui d membranes. They reveal the ability of selective transport of mixture comp onents in which a liquid membrane constitutes a separate phase which separa tes two other liquid or gas phases. This property of membranes makes them u seful in the textile and food industries, in hydrometallurgy, medicine, bio technology, environmental protection, in the separation of hydrocarbons and gases, and in the concentration and separation of amino acids, metal ions and other mixtures and suspensions.