ISSN:
0021-8995
Keywords:
Chemistry
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Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
,
Physics
Notes:
The ethanol - water separation by pervaporation with γ-ray irradiation-modified nylon 4 membrane was investigated. The membrane was prepared by homografting γ-ray irradiation of vinyl acetate (VAc) monomer onto nylon 4, poly(vinyl acetate) (PVAc)-homo-g-nylon 4 followed by hydrolysis treatment, poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA)-homo-g-nylon 4. The homografting method shows significant improvement in the degree of grafting of (VAc) onto nylon 4 over the heterografting method. For example, the degree of grafting of the VAc with 30 vol % and total dose of 2 Mrad for the heterografted method and for the homografted method are 14.1 and 42.2%, respectively. The effects of irradiation with or without oxygen in solution, irradiation time, VAc content, degree of grafting, crystallinity, feed concentration, and operating temperature on performances of the PVA-homo-g-nylon 4 membrane were carried out. Comparison of the separation factor of sorption in membrane (αsorp) and that of pervaporation (αperv) was made. A separation factor of 7.3 and a 0.691 kg/m2 h permeation rate can be obtained by the PVA-homo-g-nylon 4 membrane with a degree of grafting of 42.2% for 90 wt % ethanol feed concentration. Compared with the unmodified nylon 4 membrane, which has the separation factor of 4 and permeation rate of 0.350 kg/m2 h, the PVA-homo-g-nylon 4 membrane shows improved a separation factor and permeation rate. © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Additional Material:
8 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/app.1993.070471015
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