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Sorption and permeation behavior of water vapor and carbon dioxide gas through ethylene ionomer membranes
Author(s) -
Itoh KenIchiro,
Tsujita Yoshiharu,
Takizawa Akira,
Kinoshita Takatoshi
Publication year - 1986
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.1986.070320135
Subject(s) - ionomer , sorption , permeation , ethylene , chemistry , inorganic chemistry , membrane , zinc , carbon dioxide , chemical engineering , sodium , polymer chemistry , materials science , organic chemistry , polymer , adsorption , copolymer , catalysis , biochemistry , engineering
Sorption and permeation of water vapor and carbon dioxide gas through ethylene ionomer membranes were studied as a function of pressure. Water sorption increased with an increase of the acid content and especially degree of neutralization of ethylene ionomers. The sodium salt ionomer enhanced water sorption compared to the zinc salt ionomer. However, there was no remarkable difference of permeability coefficient of water vapor through the sodium and zinc ionomer membranes. Diffusion coefficient of the sodium salt ionomer is one order smaller than that of zinc salt ionomer, corresponding to an immobilized water structure in the sodium salt ionomer. Differential scanning calorimetry studies on water sorbed to membrane manifested that water sorbed was almost nonfreezable. Sorption of carbon dioxide gas in ethylene ionomers was a dual‐mode type. The pressure dependence of permeability coefficient of carbon dioxide gas was interpreted in terms of a partial immobilization model, independent of the kind of the metal salt in ethylene ionomer.