ISSN:
0887-6266
Keywords:
gas permeability
;
permselectivity
;
activation energies
;
free volume
;
polyimides
;
Physics
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Physics
Notes:
Gas transport of helium, hydrogen, carbon dioxide, oxygen, argon, nitrogen, and methane in three soluble poly(phenylene sulfone imide)s based on 2,2-bis(3,4-decarboxyphenyl) hexafluoropropane dianhydride (6FDA) has been investigated. The effects of increasing length of well-defined oligo(phenylene sulfone) units on the gas permeabilities and diffusivities were determined and correlated with chain packing of the polymers. Activation energies of diffusion and permeation were calculated from temperature-dependent time-lag measurements. The influences of the central group in the diamine moiety of 6FDA-based polyimides on physical and gas transport properties are discussed. The incorporation of a long oligo(phenylene sulfone) segment in the polymer backbone decreases gas permeability and permselectivity simultaneously. The decreases in permeability coefficients can be mainly related to decreases in diffusion coefficients. Changing the central group of diamine moiety from —S— to —SO2— leads to a 45-50% decrease in CO2 and O2 permeabilities without appreciable increase in the selectivities. This is considered to be due to the formation of charge transfer complexes. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 1855-1868, 1997
Additional Material:
10 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
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