Open AccessPhysicho and electrochemical characterization of PVC incorporated ZP composite membrane and their important parameters through applying TMS equation
Author(s) -
Mohd Arsalan,
Aiman Zehra,
Mohammad Mujahid Ali Khan
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
materials science. advanced composite materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2529-7783
DOI - 10.18063/msacm.v2i1.631
Subject(s) - membrane , materials science , electrolyte , electrochemistry , polyvinyl chloride , chemical engineering , composite number , fourier transform infrared spectroscopy , composite material , chemistry , electrode , biochemistry , engineering
The synthetic organic-inorganic composite membranes have enormous applications in the field of filtration and purification processes. The newly synthesized PVC (polyvinyl chloride) incorporated ZP (zinc phosphate) composite membrane is used as a barrier for the transportation of some strong electrolyte solutions like KCl, NaCl and LiCl. The composite material which used to make the membrane was qualitatively synthesized by sol-gel method of material synthesis. To characterize the structural and thermal properties of membrane there are different techniques like FTIR, XRD, TGA/DTA, SEM-EDX, LCR have been used. By characterizations it is clear that the material has crystalline nature, thermally stable and no breakages or cracks are found on membrane the surface. The electrochemical observation was done by potentiometer, which shows that the membrane is cation selective. To determine the charge density of membrane Teorell-Meyer-Sievers method is used. The observed potential and charge density of the incubated membrane follows KCl NaCl>LiCl order respectively. The other important parameters like transport number, mobility ratio, charge effectiveness are also calculated by observed potential values.