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RADIATION PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY
Volume 60, Issue 6, Pages 617-624Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-806X(00)00352-2
Keywords
gel membrane; temperature and pH responsive; metals ions permeation; acryloyl-L-proline methyl ester; acrylic acid
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Temperature- and pH-sensitive copolymer gels were synthesized by the simultaneously occurring radiation-induced polymerization and self-bridging of acryloyl-L-proline methyl ester (A-ProOMe) with acrylic acid (AAc) in aqueous solutions. The gel swelling behavior and the metal permeation characteristic of its gel membrane were investigated with regard to very slight changes of temperature and pH. The pH threshold of the swelling of a copoly(A-ProOMe/AAc, 70/30 mol%) gel in the range of 5-30 degreesC lay in the region between pH 4.0 and 5.0. The permeability results of metal ions showed that at 40 degreesC the gel membrane blocks the permeation of lithium (Li) and cesium (Cs) ions at FH values lower than 4.75 and 4.60, respectively. The permselectivity (P-Li/Cs value) of the two metal ions at 30 degreesC was also studied and, as a result. its value was obtained to be 1.33 at pH 4.65 and 30 degreesC. This permeation study indicates that the selective metal separation of copoly(A-ProOMe/AAc) gel membranes can be controlled by changing temperature and pH values. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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