ISSN:
0021-8995
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
,
Physics
Notes:
The pore size for a fine porous freeze-dried cellulose acetate membrane was evaluated by gas separation methods, where the Present-deBethune equation was applied. Separation coefficients were referred to the calculated value for each pore size from this equation. Nuclepore, Millipore VS, and Millipore VC, whose pore sizes were already known by bubble point method, were tested for this method. Pore diameters for this cellulose acetate membrane, thus determined, were about 25 and 40 Å from Ar-Kr and N2-Kr separation systems, respectively, which agreed well with the results from electron microscope (50 Å) and N2 gas permeability (50 Å). However, it is impossible to apply this method to He gas separation, since He gas permeability is higher than the expected value as Knudsen flow, which indicates that some channels are existing in this membrane, where He gas is more permeable than the other gases.
Additional Material:
11 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/app.1985.070300218
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