Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 1994, Vol. 15 ›› Issue (7): 1081.

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Pervaporation Separation of Water-Ethanol Mixtures Through the Modified Chitosan Membranes(Ⅱ)─The Blend Membranes of Chitosan and Carboxymethyl Cellulose

ZHANG Fu-Yao, ZHANG Yi-Feng, SHEN Zhi-Quan   

  1. Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 3l0027
  • Received:1993-08-19 Revised:1993-11-29 Online:1994-07-24 Published:1994-07-24

Abstract: The process of membrane formation of chitosan(CS)and carboxymethyl cellulose(CMC)was investigated.It was found that the CS/CMCmembrane formation and the crosslinking reaction happened at the same time.The CS/CMCmembranes were used for pervaporation separation of water-ethanol mixtures for the first time.The separation results showed that this membrane had better separation properties than other pervaporation membranes, e.g., separation factor and permeation rate were 800 and 900 g/(m2·h), respectively, when CS/CMC=1.Separation properties were improved when the CS/CMCmembranes were treated with alkaline earth cations and permeation rates increased as follows:Mg2+<Ca2+<Sr2+<Ba2+, while separation factors showed an opposite tendeney.

Key words: CS/CMC membrane, Pervaporation, Separation of water-ethanol mixture

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