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Pervaporation separation of ethanol–water mixtures using ionically crosslinked blended polyacrylic acid (PAA)–nylon 6 membranes
Author(s) -
Xu Y. F.,
Huang R. Y. M.
Publication year - 1988
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.1988.070360513
Subject(s) - polyacrylic acid , pervaporation , membrane , materials science , chemical engineering , polymer chemistry , chemistry , composite material , polymer , permeation , biochemistry , engineering
The pervaporation separation of ethanol–water mixtures was carried out through a series of ionically crosslinked polyacrylic acid (PAA)–Nylon 6‐blended membranes crosslinked to varying degrees in aluminum nitrate solution. The polyacrylic acid (PAA)–Nylon 6 membranes were cast from homogeneous PAA–Nylon 6 mixtures to various thicknesses and then crosslinked. Optimum pervaporation results were obtained from crosslinked blends containing 75 wt% Nylon 6 and 25 wt% PAA. These membranes have separation factors (water/ethanol) of 35–40 at flux rates of 120–160 g/m 2 h. The optimum crosslinking time was found to be approximately 35 h to yield membranes with the best separation and flux rates at 25 wt% PAA content.

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