Sorption, diffusion, and perm-selectivity of toluene vapor/nitrogen mixtures through polydimethylsiloxane membranes with two cross-linker densities

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 349, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 321-332

  Lue, Shingjiang Jessie ^a   Tsai, Chen Luen ^a   Lee, Da Tung ^a   Mahesh, K P O ^a   Hua, Mu Yi ^a   Hu, Chien Chieh ^b   Jean, Y C ^c,d   Lee, Kueir Rarn ^c   Lai, Juin Yih ^c  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NANYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross linking; Diffusion; Free volume; Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS); Vapor permeation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY LEVELS; CROSS-LINKED NETWORKS; CROSS-LINKING DENSITY; CROSSLINKER; CROSSLINKING REACTION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; FLORY-HUGGINS MODEL; FRACTIONAL FREE VOLUME; FTIR; GASEOUS MIXTURE; HIGH-MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYMERS; NITROGEN DIFFUSION; NITROGEN PERMEABILITY; PDMS MEMBRANE; PERMEATION PROPERTIES; PERMSELECTIVITIES; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE MEMBRANE; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS; POSITRON ANNIHILATION LIFETIME SPECTROSCOPY; SATURATED VAPOR; SEPARATION EFFICIENCY; SORPTION ISOTHERMS; TOLUENE MOLECULES; TOLUENE VAPORS; VAPOR CONCENTRATIONS; VAPOR PERMEATION;

BINARY MIXTURES; CAPILLARITY; DIFFUSION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FREE VOLUME; MEMBRANES; MICROCHANNELS; NITROGEN; PERMEATION; PLASTICIZERS; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY; POSITRONS; SORPTION; TOLUENE; VAPORS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

SILICONES;

DIMETICONE; NITROGEN; POLYMER; TOLUENE;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; GAS PERMEABILITY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOCHEMISTRY; VAPOR; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 74649083829     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2009.11.064     Document Type: Article

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