Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2016, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (8): 1573.doi: 10.7503/cjcu20160208

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Experimental Study and Theoretical Phase Diagram Calculation for Polystyrene Membranes Prepared by Supercritical CO2-induced Phase Inversion

LIU Xuewu1,*(), CHEN Shuhua2,*(), ZHAN Shiping2   

  1. 1. School of Chemical Machinery and Safety Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116023, China
    2. School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Dalian University, Dalian 116622, China
  • Received:2016-04-05 Online:2016-07-14 Published:2016-07-14
  • Contact: LIU Xuewu,CHEN Shuhua E-mail:liuxuewu@dlut.edu.cn;chensh1976@126.com
  • Supported by:
    Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.21106010, 21376035)

Abstract:

Microporous asymmetric polystyrene(PSt) membranes were prepared by supercritical CO2-induced phase inversion. The experiments were designed and conducted to investigate the effects of different process parameters, such as temperature, CO2 pressure and PSt concentration in casting solution, on the membrane morphologies, pore size distribution and especially on the porosity of the membranes. The ternary phase diagrams of polystyrene/supercritical CO2/toluene system were determined based on the extended Flory-Huggins theory of polymer solutions of Tompa. The prepared PSt membrane had a cellular structure. The porosity of the products was in the range of 53.54%—84.67%; and it showed a tendency of increasing to a peak and then decreasing with the increase of each parameter(temperature, pressure or PSt concentration). The theoretical phase diagrams indicated that pressure has more influence in changing the binodal curve location than that of temperature.

Key words: Supercritical CO2 phase inversion, Polystyrene, Microporous membrane, Porosity, Ternary phase diagram(Ed.: D, Z)

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