Gas transport properties of polypropylene/clay composite membranes |
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Authors: | J.P.G. Villaluenga,M. Khayet,M.A. Ló pez-Manchado,J.L. Valentin,B. Seoane,J.I. Mengual |
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Affiliation: | a Department of Applied Physics I, Faculty of Physics, University Complutense of Madrid, Av. Complutense s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain b Institute of Polymer Science and Technology, (CSIC), C/Juan de la Cierva, 3, 28006 Madrid, Spain |
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Abstract: | Polypropylene membranes modified with natural and organically modified montmorillonite clays were prepared. The permeability, diffusivity and solubility of helium, oxygen and nitrogen were determined for the unfilled and filled membranes over the temperature range 25-65 °C. Physical properties of polypropylene membranes were investigated using X-ray diffraction, thermogravimetric analyser, tensile testing and differential scanning calorimetry. The results showed that the filled membranes exhibit lower gas permeability compared to the unfilled polypropylene membrane. For helium, a reduced diffusivity is mainly responsible for the reduction in the permeability, in contrast, for nitrogen and oxygen, both diffusivity and solubility were reduced by the presence of fillers. The X-ray diffraction spectra showed that the incorporation of the unmodified and modified clay did not affect the crystallographic nature of polypropylene. |
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Keywords: | Gas permeability Diffusion Composite membrane Polypropylene |
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