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JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE
Volume 250, Issue 1-2, Pages 85-94Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2004.10.019
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polyorganosiloxane; phenol; supported liquid membrane; permeability
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In this study, the functionalized, linear, hydrophobic fluid organosiloxane polymers, namely, methylhydrosiloxane-dimethylsiloxane copolymers supported on a polypropylene microporous flat sheet membrane (Celgard 2502 and 2402) have been tested as supported liquid membranes (SLMs) for phenol recovery from aqueous phases into a 0.1 M NaOH phase. The functionalized polymers include, Me3SiO[MeSi(OR)O](x)[Me2SiO](y)SiMe3 (containing x = 15-18, 25-35 and 50-55 mol% of R, where R is -(CH2)(n)NMe2 (n = 3 or 4 or 6) or -(CH2)(2)OEt pendent organofunctional groups. The functionalities, R, tested were derived from the commercially available 3-dimethylamino-1--propanol and 2-ethoxyethanol as well as newly synthesized 4-dimethylamino-1-butanol and 6-dimethylamino-1-hexanol which have been made for the purpose of this study. The study showed that phenol permeation expressed as permeate flux through the membranes increases with the larger number of carbon spacers in the alkyl chain of the aminoalcohol pendent, larger porosity of the polypropylene support films, higher mol% of the methylhydrosiloxane portion functionalized and faster flow rates of both the feed and the receiving phases. Phenol permeation was enhanced significantly when the mol% of the methylhydrosiloxane portion was 50-55 or 25-35 with 6-dimethylamino-1-hexanol functionality supported on Celgard 2502. (c) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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