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:
Pervaporation membranes for the ethanol-water mixture were prepared by plasma polymerization of tetrafluoroethylene, perfluoropropane, and perfluoropropylene onto porous substrates. The influence of the monomers on the elemental ratio (F/C) of the polymer depositions by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy was rather small compared with that of the W/FM parameter (W = wattage for plasma excitation, FM = mass flow rate of a monomer). The optical emission spectroscopy indicated the similarity of gaseous species formed in the plasmas. The membranes were found ethanol-permselective, showing separation coefficients (αEtOH) around 4-7 and a wide range of permeation rates (J), 10-10-2 kg/m2 h, for the 4.8 wt % ethanol solution at 40°C. The αEtOH of the membranes with thicker depositions could be correlated to the F/C ratios as a measure of membrane hydrophobicity. It was thought that, by making a plot αEtOH against J values for the perfluorocarbon membranes, they could be classified into three groups on thickness of deposition. The ethanol-separation mechanisms for each group, which may contain four kinds of mass transfer schemes, i.e., distillation through larger pores, flow of sorption layer at the liquid-membrane interface, and diffusions through deposition or substrate, were also discussed.
Additional Material:
8 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/app.1992.070460212
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