Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun. 2001, 66, 533-540
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc20010533

Transport of Gases and Organic Vapours Through Membranes Made of Poly(amide-imide)s Crosslinked with Poly(ethylene adipate)

Vladimír Šindelářa, Petr Sysela,*, Vladimír Hynekb, Karel Friessb, Milan Šípekb and Nadia Castanedac

a Department of Polymers, Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague, 166 28 Prague 6, Czech Republic
b Department of Physical Chemistry, Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague, 166 28 Prague 6, Czech Republic
c Faculty of Education, Tolima University, AA546 Tolima, Columbia

Abstract

Transport of permanent gases (N2, O2, CO2) and of saturated organic vapours of benzene, toluene and methanol through membranes based on poly(ethylene adipate)-crosslinked poly(amide-imide)s was studied. The membranes containing more than 50 wt.% of non-polyimides showed higher permeability coefficients (by 2-3 orders) for the organic vapours than for the gases.

Keywords: Crosslinked poly(amide-imide)s; Membrane transport; Gas separation; Volatile organic vapour separation; Copolymers; Crosslinked polymers.

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