Gas transport properties of some fluorine-containing polyethers


Abstract:

A set of five polyethers containing the highly fluorinated monomer, 1,3-bis(1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoro-2-pentafluorophenylmethoxy-2-propyl)benzene (12F-FBE), were obtained by polycondensation with the monomers: biphenol, bisphenol F, bisphenol A, bisphenol AF, and a biphenol-substituted spirodilactam. Significant physical properties to characterize their application as membranes for gas separations processes were measured. They exhibit little crystalline domains (below 8%), very similar cohesive energy densities (CED) (with differences smaller than 1.8 (cal/cm3)1/2), glass transition temperatures (Tg) above 94 °C, good thermal resistance (Td > 350 °C), low specific volumes (V ≤ 0.6516 cm 3/g), and fractional free volumes (FFV) above 0.170. Their permeabilities, at 35 °C and 2 atm, to He, H2, O2, N2, CH4, and CO2 exceed those of commercial polysulfone (PSF) membranes. 12F-BISAF, the most permeable polyether with permeability coefficients (in Barrers) of 51 for He, 28 for H2, 3.8 for O2, and 12 for CO2, is also the material with the highest FFV. However, the observed relation between permeability and FFV confirms that besides FFV other features need to be taken into consideration to determine permeability-especially for the smaller permeants He and H 2. Concerning the ideal selectivity factors of these materials, they are in the same order of magnitude as those of PSF. The material identified as 12F-SDL is the most selective member of this series with selectivity factors to H2/CH4, O2/N2, and CO 2/CH4 of 84, 4.8, and 28, respectively. Such superior selectivity of 12F-SDL could be related mainly to inhibited segmental movements. These results are interpreted in terms of CED, FFV, and Tg together with their respective contribution of gas solubility and diffusivity to the overall selectivity coefficients. © 2010 American Chemical Society.

Año de publicación:

2010

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    scopusscopus

    Tipo de documento:

    Article

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    Acceso restringido

    Áreas de conocimiento:

    • Polímero
    • Polímero
    • Ciencia de materiales

    Áreas temáticas:

    • Química física
    • Tecnología de otros productos orgánicos
    • Química orgánica