A lattice-fluid model for the determination of the water/polymer interaction parameter from water uptake measurements

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 292, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 80-91

  Karimi, M ^a   Heuchel, M ^b   Albrecht, W ^b   Hofmann, D ^b  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Equilibrium water uptake; Membrane formation; Nonsolvent polymer interaction parameter; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

GLASS TRANSITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLUBILITY; SOLVENTS; SORPTION;

EQUILIBRIUM WATER UPTAKE; LATTICE-FLUID MODEL; MEMBRANE FORMATION; POLYMER INTERACTION PARAMETER;

POLYMERIC MEMBRANES;

POLYMER; WATER;

GLASS TRANSITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES; SOLUBILITY; SOLVENTS; SORPTION;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE; MISCIBILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER TRANSPORT; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 33847696092     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2007.01.015     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. Flory P.J. Principle of Polymer Chemistry (1953), Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2. Mulder M.H.V., Franken T., and Smolders C.A. Preferential sorption versus preferential permeability in pervaporation. J. Membr. Sci. 22 (1985) 155
3. Altena F.W., and Smolders C.A. Calculation of liquid-liquid phase separation in a ternary system of a polymer in a mixture of a solvent and a nonsolvent. Macromolecules 15 (1982) 1491
4. Shimizu H., Kawakami H., and Nagaoka S. Membrane formation mechanism and permeation properties of a novel porous polyimide membrane. Polym. Adv. Technol. 13 (2002) 370
5. Tompa H. Polymer Solution (1956), Butterworth, London
6. Pouchly J., Zivny A., and Solc K. Thermodynamic equilibrium in the system macromolecular coil-binary solvent. J. Polym. Sci.: Part C, Polym. Symp. 23 (1968) 245
7. Yilmaz L., and McHugh A.J. Analysis of nonsolvent-solvent-polymer phase diagrams and their relevance to membrane formation modeling. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 31 (1986) 997
8. Zeman L., and Tkacik G. Thermodynamic analysis of a membrane-forming system water/N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone/polyethersulfone. J. Membr. Sci. 36 (1988) 119
9. 13 in the casting solutions. J. Membr. Sci. 174 (2000) 87
10. Karimi M., Albrecht W., Heuchel M., Kish M.H., Frahn J., Weigel Th., Hofmann D., Modaress H., and Lendlein A. Determination of water/polymer interaction parameter for membrane-forming systems by sorption measurements and fitting techniques. J. Membr. Sci. 265 (2005) 1
11. Gibbs J.H., and Di Marzio E.A. Chain stiffness and the lattice theory of polymer phases. J. Chem. Phys. 28 (1958) 373
12. DiMarzio E.A., Castellano C., and Yang A. Glass temperature depression of polymers by use of mixed solvents: a colligative property. J. Polym. Sci.: Part B: Polym. Phys. 34 (1996) 535
13. Prausnitz J.M., Lichtenthaler R.N., and de Azevedo E.G. Molecular Thermodynamics of Fluid-phase Equilibria. 3rd ed. (1999), PTR, Prentice Hall
14. Sanchez I.C., and Lacombe R.H. Statistical thermodynamics of polymer solutions. Macromolecules 11 (1978) 1145
15. Couchman P.R., and Karasz F.E. A classical thermodynamic discussion of the effect of composition on glass transition temperature. Macromolecules 11 (1978) 117
16. Gordon M., and Taylor J.S. Ideal copolymers and the secondorder transitions of synthetic rubbers. I. Noncrystalline copolymers. J. Appl. Chem. 2 (1952) 493
17. Katkov I.I., and Levine F. Prediction of the glass transition temperature of water solutions: comparison of different models. Cryobiology 49 (2004) 62
18. Barth C., and Wolf B.A. Quick and reliable routes to phase diagrams for polyethersulfone and polysulfone membrane formation. Macromol. Chem. Phys. 201 (2000) 365
19. Rezac M.E., and Schöberl B. Transport and thermal properties of poly(ether imide)/acetylene-terminated monomer blends. J. Membr. Sci. 156 (1999) 211
20. Smolders C.A., Reuvers A.J., Boom R.M., and Wienk I.M. Microstructures in Phase inversion membranes. Part 1. Formation of macrovoids. J. Membr. Sci. 73 (1992) 259
21. Lai J.Y., Lin S.F., Lin F.C., and Wang D.M. Construction of ternary phase diagrams in nonsolvent/solvent/PMMA systems. J. Polym. Sci.: Part B: Polym. Phys. 36 (1998) 607
22. Rodriguez O., Fornasiero F., Arce A., Radke C.J., and Prausnitz J.M. Solubilities and diffusivities of water vapor in poly(methylmethacrylate), poly(2-hydroxyethylmethacrylate), poly(vinylpyrrolidone) and poly(acrylonitrile). Polymer 44 (2003) 6323
23. Johari G.P., Hallbrucker A., and Mayer E. The glass transition of hyperquenched water. Nature 330 (1987) 552
24. 2 in glassy polysulfone and poly(ether sulfone). J. Polym. Sci.: Part B: Polym. Phys. 44 (2006) 1874
25. Kneifel K., and Peinemann K.V. Preparation of hollow fiber membranes from polyetherimide for gas separation. J. Membr. Sci. 65 (1992) 295
26. Scandola M., and Ceccorulli G. Viscoelastic properties of cellulose derivatives. 1. Celulose acetate. Polymer 26 (1985) 1953
27. Polymer User Guide, Synthia Section, Version 4.0.0, Molecular Simulations, San Diego, 1996.
28. Bondi A. Physical Properties of Molecular Crystals, Liquids and Glasses (1968), Wiley, New York
29. Roussis P.P. Diffusion of water vapor in cellulose acetate. 1. Differential transient sorption kinetics and equilibria. Polymer 22 (1981) 768
30. Perrin L., Nguyen Q.T., Sacco D., and Lochon P. Experimental studies and modeling of sorption and diffusion of water and alcohols in cellulose acetate. Polym. Int. 42 (1997) 9
31. Gocho H., Shimizi H., Tanioka A., Chou T.-J., and Nakajima T. Effect of acetyl content on the sorption isotherm of water by cellulose acetate: comparison with the thermal analysis results. Carbohydr. Polym. 41 (2000) 83
32. Singh V.B., Barrie J.A., and Walsh D.J. Sorption of water in polyethersulfone/poly(ethylene oxide) blends. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 31 (1986) 295
33. Swinyard B.T., Sagoo P.S., Barrie J.A., and Ash R. The transport and sorption of water in polyethersulfone, polysulfone, and polyethersulfone phenoxy blends. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 41 (1990) 2479
34. Schult K.A., and Paul D.R. Water sorption and transport in a series of polysulfones. J. Polym. Sci.: Part B: Polym. Phys. 34 (1996) 2805
35. R.M. Boom, Membrane formation by immersion precipitation: the role of a polymeric additive, Thesis, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands, 1992.
36. Lau W.W.Y., Guiver M.D., and Matsuura T. Phase separation in polysulfone/solvent/water and polyethersulfone/solvent/water systems. J. Membr. Sci. 59 (1991) 219
37. S.G. Li, Preparation of hollow fiber membranes for gas separation, Thesis, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands, 1994.