Published 2019 | Version v1
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The role of surfaces in gas transport through polymer membranes

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This paper describes a procedure to measure the permeability P, diffusivity D, and rate of adsorption k1, thus determining the solubility S and rate of desorption k2 of He, N2, O2, CH4, and CO2 on a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) membrane. The described procedure is able to determine experimentally all the physical quantities that characterize the gas transport process through a thin rubber polymer membrane. The experiments were carried out at room temperature and at a transmembrane pressure of 1 atm. The results are in good agreement with the available data in the literature and offer an evaluation of k1 and k2.

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http://hdl.handle.net/11567/950406
URN
urn:oai:iris.unige.it:11567/950406

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UNIGE