Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2006, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (3): 502.

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Measurement of Diffusion Coefficients of Water,Methanol and Ethanol Solvents at Infinite Dilution in the PVA Membrane Material

JIANG Zhen,LI Ji-Ding*,ZENG Chu-Yi,CHEN Jian,CHEN Tian-Quan,CHEN Cui-Xian   

  1. Research Center of Membrane Technology and Engineering,Department of Chemical Engineering,Tsinghua University,Beijing 100084,China
  • Received:2005-04-19 Online:2006-03-10 Published:2006-03-10

Abstract:

Gas chromatography is a new,fast,accurate and convenient technique for studying the relationship between small molecule solvents and polymer membrane materials. Many parameters of dissolution and diffusing characters of a small molecule in a polymer can be measured by this method. The retention time and the peak widths at half-height of water,methanol and ethanol in the stationary phase of PVA were obtained in this work. The diffusion coefficients of the small molecule solvents at infinite dilution were calculated with van Deemter equation. The graphs plotted according to the results of the diffusion coefficients of the three small molecule solvents at infinite dilution vs. temperatures were in agreement with the Arrhenius equation. The variance in the diffusion coefficients at infinite dilution of three small molecule solvents was analyzed according to the differences in molecular size.

Key words: Gas chromatography; Water; Methanol; Ethanol; PVA; Diffusion coefficient

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