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Influence of Average Free Volume Element Size on the Transport of Gases Through Polymers With Equivalent Total Free Volumes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2011

Broderick R. Wilks ,
Won J. Chung ,
Peter J. Ludovice ,
Mary E. Rezac ,
Pavla Meakin  and
Anita J. Hill
Broderick R. Wilks
Affiliation:
School of Chemical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, 30332
Won J. Chung
Affiliation:
School of Chemical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, 30332
Peter J. Ludovice
Affiliation:
School of Chemical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, 30332
Mary E. Rezac
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506
Pavla Meakin
Affiliation:
CSIRO Manufacturing and Infrastructure Technology, Private Bag 33 South Clayton MDC 3169, Victoria Australia and School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, Australia.
Anita J. Hill
Affiliation:
CSIRO Manufacturing and Infrastructure Technology, Private Bag 33 South Clayton MDC 3169, Victoria Australia and School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, Australia.
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Abstract

The permeability coefficients of gases through glassy polymers have been correlated with the fractional free volume (FFV) of the polymers. In general, polymers with high fractional free volumes have high permeabilities while those with low FFV have low permeabilities. This observation is valid for many, but not all materials. This study evaluates the impact of the average size of a free volume element on the permeability of gases through the polymer.

Evaluation of the influence of average free volume element size is only possible by employing model systems in which the chemistry and the total free volume are essentially equivalent. In this study, two stereochemical forms of a methyl-substituted polynorbornene were employed. The isomers are chemically equivalent, with similar total free volumes (0.181 versus 0.188). The average defect size was probed using positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy. The ortho-positronium lifetimes were measured and it was determined that the difference between the two isomers was approximately 10% with the lower-FFV isomer having the larger average lifetime. For simplicity, the two isomers will be termed Pd and Ni (in reference to the catalysts used in their preparation). The Pd isomer has a slightly lower FFV, but larger average defect size. The Ni isomer has a higher FFV, but smaller average defect size.

Transport evaluation indicates that the Pd-isomer has gas permeabilities two to three times those of the Ni-isomer. In depth analysis indicates that the increase in permeability is a result of an increase in both the diffusivity of gases through the polymer and gas solubility.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 752: Symposium AA – Membranes–Preparation, Properties and Applications , 2002 , AA7.3
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2003

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