Gas permeation through hydrogels. I. Gel cellophane membranes

Akon Higuchi, Masatomo Abe, Jiro Komiyama, Toshiro Iijima

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Abstract

Permeabilities and diffusion coefficients of various gases, Ar, N2, O2, CO2, CH4, C2H4, C3H8 and C4H10, were measured for Water-swollen gel cellophane membranes. No dependence of permeabilities on gas pressure below 1 atm was found. It was observed that the permeability coefficients were not related linearly to the coefficients in bulk water. For the two states of water in the membrane, an analytical method is presented to estimate the diffusion coefficients and the solubilities in free water and non-freezing water. It was found that the diffusion coefficients in non-freezing water were lower than those in free water, and the solubilities in non-freezing water were higher than in free water for all gases studied except CO2 and C2H4, which gave reverse results.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)113-121
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of Membrane Science
Volume21
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 1984

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