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Pervaporation of methanol/methyl tert ‐butyl ether mixtures through agarose/hydroxyethylcellulose blended membranes
Author(s) -
Yoshikawa Masakazu,
Yoshioka Takahiro,
Fujime Junko,
Murakami Akira
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.11347
Subject(s) - pervaporation , membrane , methanol , sorption , ether , methyl tert butyl ether , solubility , chemistry , agarose , polymer chemistry , chemical engineering , organic chemistry , chromatography , permeation , adsorption , biochemistry , engineering
In this study, we investigated methanol (MeOH)/methyl tert ‐butyl ether (MTBE) separation with hydroxyethylcellulose (HEC)/agarose blended membranes by applying a pervaporation technique. The membranes permeated MeOH in preference to MTBE from MeOH/MTBE mixtures. From pervaporation and sorption data, the permselectivity of HEC/agarose blended membrane was dominantly due to solubility selectivity. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 86: 3408–3411, 2002