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CHEMISTRY CENTRAL JOURNAL
Volume 12, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
SPRINGEROPEN
DOI: 10.1186/s13065-018-0449-7
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Membrane; Polyetherimide; Nontoxic solvents; Hydrogen; Methane
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Polymeric membranes are usually prepared from solvents like n-methylpyrrolidone (NMP) because of the strong dissolving power and high boiling point. Yet, the solvent is costly, toxic and has environmental issues. In this work, nontoxic solvents such as methyl L-lactate, ethyl lactate, propylene carbonate, tributyl o-acetylcitrate, tributyl citrate, triethyl phosphate, and gamma-butyrolactone (GBL) were introduced during membrane preparation. It was found that all the solvents were unable to dissolve polyetherimide except GBL. The membranes made by GBL and NMP were evaluated for gas separation, and they have almost similar hydrogen-to-methane selectivity, but, hydrogen permeance was better in NMP membranes.
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