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Gas Transport Properties in Chlorosulfonated Polyethylene-Acrylate Based Adhesives P. TIEMBLO*, J. GUZMh, E. RIANDE, A. FERNhlDEZ, andP. BOSCH Xnstituto de Ciencia y Tecnologia de Polimeros, CSXC Juan de la Cierva 3,28006 Madid, Spain The Permeability and dBusMty properties of four gases-oqgen, nitrogen, car- bon dioxide and methanehave been obtained for membranes prepared by the photocrosslinking of a mixture of chlorosdfonated polyethylene, acting as a binder, and a series of acrylic and methacrylic monomers. These measurements have been performed in the range 20°C to 50”C, and the activation energies have also been determined. These data are presented in comparison with those previously ob- tained in a crosslinked system in which the binder was not chlorosdfonated poly- ethylene but an aliphatic polyurethane. Both polymeric systems show similar permselectivities for the gas pairs Op/Nz (near 5) and COJCH, (near 12). though overall permeability is about three times lower in the chlorosdfonated polyethyl- ene-based polymer because of the smaller diffusion coefficients. The permeation and diffusion results are discussed in terms of the final structure of the pho- tocrosslinked polymeric system, and it is concluded that it is the binder which is mostly responsible for the gas transport properties of these crosslinked materials. INTRODUCTION as separation by means of polymer membranes G has been for the past two decades among the most dynamic fields of applied science, as research has been able to greatly improve the performance of polymeric materials (1-5). For the last 30 years, devel- opment has followed the trend of seeking polymeric structures that in themselves show good permeability and permselectivity properties. Thus, several correla- tions between structure and gas transport properties have been described (3,6-lo), and it is nowadays well known that chain rigidity enhances selectivity and di- minishes permeability, whereas interchain spacing in- creases the permeability of polymers. In this way, open structures with rigid backbones and bearing polar groups, which selectively enhance the solubility of the gases, have proved to be the most successful polymeric structures for gas separation. In particular, polyimides, polyetherimides, polysulfones and related polymers (1 1-1 5) present the best combination of properties,and are used in the formulation of numer- ous commercial polymeric structures. Some new polymer families with increased spacing and rigidity are being introduced as high perfomce gas separation materials (16-18), though these struc- tural features cannot be augmented without limit. On .Colresponding author. E-mail: [email protected]. POLYMER ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE, JUNE 2002, Vol. 42, No. 6 the other hand, the polymeric materials that have proved to be the best for gas separation present a se- ries of drawbacks, the most important of which are their price and occasional difficulty in film prepara- tion, as they are often difficult to dissolve and have high glass transition temperatures. Hence, alternative ways to produce materials with good transport prop- erties and that are cheaper and easier to handle are beginning to be studied. Blends of inorganic com- pounds and polymeric matrices have lately been tested, showing interesting combination of properties (12. 19-21). The effect of miscibility and inmisciility of polymeric blends is also being explored as a means of modifying the transport coefficients (22, 23). For example, it has been shown that in polycarbonate/ polymethyl methacrylate blends, permeability and difksivity increase as the mixture becomes immisciile. This behavior has been related to the effect of the mix- ing at a molecular level on the local chain motions (22). Carriers are also being extensively used to im- prove the properties of otherwise ‘dull” but inexpen- sive polymers (24). Crosslinking also appears to be a means of improving the properties of polymer mem- branes (25, 26). An interestrng approach to the im- provement of the end-properties of materials as gas separators is the use of polymers that together with reasonable selectivity to a particular pair of gases can be prepared in very thin films with good mechanical properties. In this way, the small thickness can com- pensate for low permeabilities. as the gas flow depends 1131

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Gas Transport Properties in Chlorosulfonated Polyethylene-Acrylate Based Adhesives

P. TIEMBLO*, J. GUZMh, E. RIANDE, A. FERNhlDEZ, andP. BOSCH

Xnstituto de Ciencia y Tecnologia de Polimeros, CSXC Juan de la Cierva 3,28006 M a d i d , Spain

The Permeability and dBusMty properties of four gases-oqgen, nitrogen, car- bon dioxide and methanehave been obtained for membranes prepared by the photocrosslinking of a mixture of chlorosdfonated polyethylene, acting as a binder, and a series of acrylic and methacrylic monomers. These measurements have been performed in the range 20°C to 50”C, and the activation energies have also been determined. These data are presented in comparison with those previously ob- tained in a crosslinked system in which the binder was not chlorosdfonated poly- ethylene but an aliphatic polyurethane. Both polymeric systems show similar permselectivities for the gas pairs Op/Nz (near 5) and COJCH, (near 12). though overall permeability is about three times lower in the chlorosdfonated polyethyl- ene-based polymer because of the smaller diffusion coefficients. The permeation and diffusion results are discussed in terms of the final structure of the pho- tocrosslinked polymeric system, and it is concluded that it is the binder which is mostly responsible for the gas transport properties of these crosslinked materials.

INTRODUCTION

as separation by means of polymer membranes G has been for the past two decades among the most dynamic fields of applied science, as research has been able to greatly improve the performance of polymeric materials (1-5). For the last 30 years, devel- opment has followed the trend of seeking polymeric structures that in themselves show good permeability and permselectivity properties. Thus, several correla- tions between structure and gas transport properties have been described (3,6-lo), and it is nowadays well known that chain rigidity enhances selectivity and di- minishes permeability, whereas interchain spacing in- creases the permeability of polymers. In this way, open structures with rigid backbones and bearing polar groups, which selectively enhance the solubility of the gases, have proved to be the most successful polymeric structures for gas separation. In particular, polyimides, polyetherimides, polysulfones and related polymers (1 1-1 5) present the best combination of properties, and are used in the formulation of numer- ous commercial polymeric structures.

Some new polymer families with increased spacing and rigidity are being introduced as high p e r f o m c e gas separation materials (16-18), though these struc- tural features cannot be augmented without limit. On

.Colresponding author. E-mail: [email protected].

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the other hand, the polymeric materials that have proved to be the best for gas separation present a se- ries of drawbacks, the most important of which are their price and occasional difficulty in film prepara- tion, as they are often difficult to dissolve and have high glass transition temperatures. Hence, alternative ways to produce materials with good transport prop- erties and that are cheaper and easier to handle are beginning to be studied. Blends of inorganic com- pounds and polymeric matrices have lately been tested, showing interesting combination of properties (12. 19-21). The effect of miscibility and inmisciility of polymeric blends is also being explored as a means of modifying the transport coefficients (22, 23). For example, it has been shown that in polycarbonate/ polymethyl methacrylate blends, permeability and difksivity increase as the mixture becomes immisciile. This behavior has been related to the effect of the mix- ing at a molecular level on the local chain motions (22). Carriers are also being extensively used to im- prove the properties of otherwise ‘dull” but inexpen- sive polymers (24). Crosslinking also appears to be a means of improving the properties of polymer mem- branes (25, 26). An interestrng approach to the im- provement of the end-properties of materials as gas separators is the use of polymers that together with reasonable selectivity to a particular pair of gases can be prepared in very thin films with good mechanical properties. In this way, the small thickness can com- pensate for low permeabilities. as the gas flow depends

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inversely upon thickness. In this connection, pho- tocuring offers several advantages for fabricating membranes. First, photocurable resins can be formu- lated solvent-free, eliminating voids due to solvent evaporation and other shortcomings regarding the well-known lack of reproducibility caused by the use of solvent cast films for gas separation. As a matter of fact, the type of solvent and the drying process are among the factors of greatest influence on the perfor- mance of a gas separation membrane (3). Second, photocuring enables the preparation of layers pow- m e e d onto an adequate porous substrate. W-pho- toinduced polymerization has been rarely used to pro- duce membranes for gas separation although it is widely used in other applications, for instance, coat- ings, adhesives, and inks (27, 28).

In a previous work (29) we presented results on the gas transport properties of a Loctite formulation (Loc- tite 350@") based on aliphatic polyurethanes and a mixture of acrylic and methacrylic monomers (called Lpu hereafter), which showed interesting gas separa- tion properties, especially as regards the pair of gases O,/N,. The permselectivity of membranes prepared from this formulation to this pair of gases is about 4.6 at 25"C, and it increases at lower temperatures. Be- cause of their other special properties, adhesivity and the possibility to coat a variety of supports with fine layers, survey through these polymers appears inter- esting.

In this work the results obtained with a crosslinked system based on h t i t e 329@ are presented. This is an acrylic adhesive characterized by its high toughness, which makes it very suitable for use in strength struc- M joints or in sheet steel where continuous or re- peated loads are generated. The rough material is com- posed of a chlorosulfonated polyethylene binder (CSPE) and a mixture of different acrylic and methacrylic monomers, which, upon polymerization, lead to a crosslinked network. The chlorine atoms and the chorosulfonic groups are reactive centers that gener- ate, under certain conditions, crosslinking points be- tween the binder chain and the polymerMng acrylic macroradical. This contributes to its mechanical strength and elastic properties when fully cured. This adhesive is usually used as a two-component thermally curable adhesive, by mirdng with room-temperature thermal activators. In this work we have introduced in the formulation a photochemical initiator, which per- mits better control of the polymerization reaction, through control of the incident light intensity. The gas transport properties of the membranes thus prepared,

which will be called LcspE hereafter, have been mea- sured and the results compared to those previously obtained with Lpu.

EXPERIMENTAL

Materials

The transport properties have been tested using four gases supplied by Praxair. These are methane of purity 5.0, nitrogen and oxygen of purity 6.0. and car- bon dioxide of purity 4.8. Loctite 329 and phenyl-bis- (2,4,6-trimethyIbenzoyl) phosphine oxide (Lrg819) were generous gifts from Loctite and Ciba SC, respectively.

The composition of Loctite 329 was found to include 36% w/w of a chlorosulfonated polyethylene polymer (Scheme I ) , which acts as a binder, and a mixture of different methacrylic monomers, including methyl methacrylate as a main constituent (52% w/w of the adhesive composition).

Sample Preparation and Photocrossllnking

Samples containing 1% w/w phenyl-bis-(2,4.6- trimethylbenzoyl) phosphine oxide Org819) and Loctite 329 were prepared by mixing both components and stirring until a homogeneous solution was obtained. They were placed between two transparent polyethyl- ene films (LDPE, 80 pm thick) and pressed with 2 X lo3 kg/cm2 during 1 min using different spacers, which permits us to obtain membranes of different and reproducible thickness. The membranes used in this work were about 70 pm thick. The samples were placed inside an ATLAS SUNTEST XSL equipment, provided with Xenon lamps with a power output of 550W/mz and irradiated with polychromatic light for 6 min, which allowed the system to photopolymerize until limiting conversion was obtained. The residual monomer was removed by immersion of the mem- brane in chloroform, for 24 h and vacuum drying until a constant weight was reached. These amor- phous membranes will be called bspE hereafter.

Dynamic Mechanical Analysis, DMA An attempt to determine the transitions and relax-

ations of the material by cljfferential scanning calorime- try has been made, but no clear variations of the spe- cific heat could be detected. DMTA measurements have been performed with this same scope. The ten- sile dynamic mechanical spectra were obtained in a Polymer Laboratories Thermal Sciences Dynamic Me- chanical Analyzer. The measurements were carried

r 1 C H2- CH2- C H2- CH- C H2- CH2

I c1 Scheme 1. Chemical structure of chlorosdfonated polyettylene.

x=l2

y=17

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out in tension mode between -90°C and 100°C using a heating rate of 1.5"C/min at four frequencies, 1, 3, 10 and 30 Hz. The probes were parallelepipedic bars of dimensions 0.10 X 2.2 X 15.3 mm3.

Permeation Measurements A lab-made permeator was used, consisting of a gas

cell in the middle of which the polymer membrane was placed. This membrane separates the upstream and downstream chambers. For the simplified equations relating the gas flow through the membrane to the transport coefficients to be valid, the downstream pressure must be kept very low, negligible as com- pared to the upstream. This is accomplished by thor- ough evacuation of the downstream, prior to any mea- surement, by means of an Edwards turbomolecular pump. At the low-pressure side, an MKS Baratron type 627B absolute pressure transducer measures the pressure increase, while at the upstream a Go- metrics pressure detector is used to control the gas pressure at which the experiment is performed. The Baratron 627B can be used in the pressure range 1 ton- to lo4 torr. The Baratron is connected via an MKS power supply/readout unit to the PC, which records the pressure increase at given time intervals. The whole setup is temperature controlled in the range 20°C to 80°C by means of a water bath.

Prior to any measurement, vacuum is maintained overnight in order to remove any residual solvent fi-om the membrane and to attain a downstream pressure that is as low as possible. Before any permeation exper- iment is performed, a measurement of the pressure in- crease due to imperfect vacuum isolation of the down- stream chamber is recorded. This blank experiment is

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then subtracted from the permeation experiment per- formed immediately after in order to calculate the gas transport coefficients from the corrected pressure curves. In that way the pressure increase is related solely to the gas diffusing across the membrane. Pres- sure data are recorded every 5 s.

As there is a certain scatter of the experimental data, a large number of experiments were performed, and permeation measurements were done roughly every two degrees. Calculation of the transport coefficients was performed from the straight line Characteristic of the steady state of gas diffusion through the mem- branes.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Figure 1 shows the elastic modulus of L,,,, be-

tween -90°C and 100°C. A strong relaxation appears at roughly -2O"C, corresponding to the soft chlorosul- fonated polyethylene segments. After the relaxation, there is a continuous decrease of the elastic modulus, which makes it difficult to measure transport proper- ties over 45°C. but no other relaxations up to 100°C can be seen.

P, D and S in the Temperature Range 20°C-45"C

The values of the permeability, diffusion and solubil- ity (S=P/D) coefficients at 25°C are collected in Table 1. Figues 2 and 3 show the temperature evolution of the permeability and diffusivity coefficients in Arrhenius coordinates. At this moment, equipment shortcomings make it impossible to measure under 20"C, and owing to the material's mechanical properties, no measure- ments over 50°C were performed. Experimental mea- surements were thus limited to a small range, from

3 10000

7 1000

h g ; 100 i4

: 10

-100 -80 -60 -40 -20 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 T ("C)

Rg. 1. DMTA tensile modulus of LcspE at 1 Hz as employed in thegas transpOrt measurements.

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Table 1. Solubilitv. Permeabilitv and Diffusivitv Coefficients at 25°C and 1 atm.

0 2

P (barrer) 0.33 D.108 ( c ~ s - ’ ) 1.42 S.104 cm3 ISTPkcm3.cm Hcr’ 24

0.07 0.61 13

0.21 0.52 40

2.56 0.65

394

cm3 (STP) cm 1 barrer = x 10-10

cm2 s cm Hg

20°C to 45°C. In that range, Arrhenius behavior is fol- lowed by both permeation and diEusion coefficients.

As shown in Fig. 3, the activation energy of perme- ation for carbon dioxide is much smaller than for the other three gases because of the low value of the heat of solution AH,. The heat of solution can be either positive or negative, depending on the gas condens- ability and its ability to interact with the polymer. Among the gases tested, carbon diofide has the low& AHs, and thus, as Ep = Ed + AHs, the activation en- ergy for this gas is the lowest. On the other hand, the solubility of O2 and CH, varies little in that tempera- ture range, whereas that of CO, diminishes clearly. This last behavior is characteristic of gases that inter- act with the polymer ma- those bearing negative values of the heat of solution.

While oxygen, carbon dioxide, and methane meas- urements were quite straightforward in that little

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experimental dispersion of the data was found, nitro- gen data are much more scattered and a great num- ber of measurements were necessary to obtain reliable variations of the transport coefficients with tempera- ture. The reason for this peculiar behavior of nitrogen is still unclear.

Permaelectivity

Table 2 shows the results on permselectivity at 25°C and 1 atm. The experimental data are obtained by simply calculating the ratio of experimental perme- abilities (02/N2 and C02/CH4) measured at the same temperature. On the other, hand it is possible to de- fine an experimental permselectivity equation cy(02/N2) and cy(C02/CH4), by dividing the permeation Arrhe- nius equations derived from the representations in Fig. 3

I I

0.003 1 0.0032 0.0033 0.0034 1/T (K-I)

Rg. 2. Arrhenius plot of the permeatbn coe$kient of methane 0). carbon dkvdck (0). nitrogen (0) and q g e n (0).

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-171 A -18- E

Llll

-19 -

V

0 V ='sr

-20 0.0032 0.0033 0.0034

1/T (K-')

As in the case of h, the negative temperature coeffi- cients in the Arrhenius equations and the activation energy balance lead to a diminishing of both a(Oz/N.J and a(C02/CHJ with temperature.

Minimum and maximum values of solubility selec- tivity reported in the literature (30) for the gas pair OZ/N2 are 0.1 and 3.7 respectively, while for diffusiv- ity selectivity the values range from 1.1 to 8.6. bspE has a solubility selectivity at 25°C of 1.9 and a diffu- sivity selectivity of 2.3, i.e., solubility selectivity is slightly over the average but the diffusivity selectivity of this polymer is not very high, which is not sur- prising if it is considered that the rigidity of the chain segments of the binder must be very low. On the other hand, permeability is small because of crosslinking, and surprisingly, kspE and bu show very similar dif- fusivity, solubility and permeability selectivities. The greatest differences are found in the values of per- meability, which are about three times lower for the

Table 2. Diffusivity, Solubility and Permeability Selectivity of L,,,,.

Selectivity O21N2 CO2ICH4 N2ICH4

4,6 12.2 0.5 2.3 1.2 1.6

S4S2 1.9 9.8 0.3

P I P 2 DID2

former than for the latter. This is due to the smaller diffusion coefficients, i.e., to the lower fractional free volume existing in the bspE system as compared to that of Lpu.

Transport cafncients in Relation to the Gas Nature and to the Polymer Structure

Correlations between the gas transport properties and the structure of the polymeric membranes have been described since the first half of the past century (6, 9, 10, 30-32). For example, it has been stated that the activation energy of diffusion frequently varies lin- early with the square of the kinetic diameter of the gas:

E d = c d Z - f (2)

where c is a measure of flexibility andfof the separa- tion between chains. This correlations holds for the data presented in this work, as shown in FYg. 4, and a value of c = 655 calmol-I A2 is found, which is charac- teristic of flexible polymers. Lpu. on the other hand, had a c = 1270 calmol-I A2, characteristic of a more rigid medium (9).

These parameters are in agreement with the chemical composition of both cmsslinked systems. The different nature of the binder in both adhesives introduces im- portant structural differences. as shown for example by the Merent mechanodyxmmcal behavior of both sam- ples. in hE, which can be considered an elastomer, a strong relaxation related to the chlomulfonated poly- ethylene appears at roughly -2OOC. Lpu has, on the other hand, a strong r e k t i o n peaking at 70°C.

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40 -1 I 30

, , , , , , ,

0

0 , , , 0 , ,

0

/ , A

m. 4. Energy of actiuation of d w w n versus the kinetic diameter squared for oxygen, nitrogen, methane and carbon &xi&.

The higher density of kpE as compared to Lpu is easy to explain, as the reactivity of the CSPE binder is greater than that of the aliphatic polyurethane. Both formulations have been polymerized up to limiting double bond conversion (around 65%70%), which means that both possess the same degree of polymer- ization of the acrylic monomer. But given that both formulations include only monofunctional monomers, crosslinking reactions can only take place through a coupling reaction of a growing acrylic macroradical with a reactive site of the binder. As shown in Scheme 2 in the case of kspE. three different reactions can lead to reactive sites in the binder structure: (a) direct photolysis of the C-C1 bond of the binder, given its

high photochemical lability, (b) direct photolysis of the chlorosulfonic group and (c) direct hydrogen atom abstraction in the binder chain by the photoinitiator radicals.

In all cases, radical centers are efficiently formed in the binder chain, which can couple with the growing methacrylic radical, giving a certain degree of crosslink- ing for the same degree of polymerization. Full analy- sis of the photocuring reaction has been recently de- scribed (33) and the role played by the photoinitiator and the binder is discussed therein.

As mentioned earlier, the binder of bspE is a chloro- sulfonated polyethylene similar to Hypalon 40. A com- parison of this elastomer and our polymeric system,

SO$I H

CI - Crosslinks

H

CI

CI

so#3

sogl H

Scheme 2. Foimafion of radical centers in the binder chain.

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which is crosslinked using a mixture of acrylic and methacrylic monomers, appears interesting. In the last decade, various studies on the properties of special rubbers have appeared (34-371, and among them studies including Hypalon 40. As an example, Table 3 shows the permselectivities and the solubility and dif- fusivity selectivities for a series of commercial elas- tomers, together with the permeability of oxygen. Butyl rubber and Hypalon 40 are very similar in all three selectivities and differ clearly from the rest of elastomers, and in fact, the permselectivity data for our sample is very similar to that of Hypalon 40. While at 35°C most of the rubbers show permselec- tivites in the range 2-3, those of butyl rubber, Hy- palon 40 and bspE are near 4. In this adhesive, up to 52% by weight is methyl methauylate. However, com- parison to PMMA gas transport coefficients [Table 3) shows that our sample’s properties have very little to do with those of PMMA. It seems that even if a 52% by weight is PMMA, this does not strongly affect the dif- fusion properties. The methacrylic monomers initiate their polpnerization at the radicals generated on the chlorosulfonated polyethylene chain. As they are monofunctional monomers, they grow linearly and terminate when they fmd other radicals, i.e., very probably on the chlorosulfonated polyethylene. Appar- ently, while the binder retains some of its properties in the final crosslinked network, this is not the case for the growing methauylic polymer. This is in agree- ment with the absence of a PMMA glass transition in the DMTA spectrum (FXg. 11, and the coincidence of the relaxation observed at -20°C with that of Hypalon 40 (37). In fact, the effect of the polymeIized methac- rylic monomers on the transport properties seems to be rather that of a filler. As a comparison, for exam- ple, Hydrin (one of the elastomers in Table 3) has on

its own a permeability to oxygen of 1.05 barrer, and with a filler it decreases to 0.31 (371.

Table 4 lists the activation energies for diffusion and permeation, and the solution enthalpy as obtained from the Van’t Hoff relation. Rgwe 5 is a plot of these three magnitudes as a function of the critical temper- ature of each gas for both crosslinked systems. In Q. 6 the heats of solution for kSpE and bu appear, to- gether with the data for a polyimide from the litera- ture (32). All three magnitudes follow similar trends in both adhesives, and the diffusion data of the two poly- mers obey the well-known linear free energy relation (lo), as shown in Fzg. 7.

The greatest Merence in the results depicted in F ~ J . 5 is perhaps seen in the values of the heat of solution of the four gases in kpE, which are lower than in b, implying stronger interactions and lower heat of mix- ing between the gases and the polymer matrix. On the other hand, the smaller diffusion coefficients in kspE and the higher Ed. especially for oxygen and ni- trogen, imply a denser structure in bspE than in bu. In this connection, other authors (37) have pointed out that Hypalon 40 is, among the elastomers, one with a closely packed structure, which may account for the observations on the ditksion data [actual values and activation energies) found for kspE.

The values of the transport coefficients in both ad- hesives indicate i) that specific chemical interactions are taking place in bspE that do not exist in bu , ii) that the &ee volume is higher in the latter and iii) that the chlorosulfonated polyethylene binder introduces flexibility and a hgher density as compared with the aliphatic polyurethane. All these observations are in accordance with what we h o w about the chemical composition, microstructure and morphology of these materials.

Table 3. Permselectivity, Solubility and Diffusivity Selectivity of Commercial Elastomers (37) and Commercial PMMA (3) at 35°C.

Polymer P(O,)IP(N,) P(0d (barrer) D(OYD(N3 W*(Nd Butyl rubber 3.80 2.89 1.90 2.01

Hydrin 100 2.30 1.05 1.80 1.33 Neoprene 2.97 8.83 1.90 1.57 ENR 76 2.22 10.90 1.29 1.72 EPDM 2.54 21.14 1.60 1.56 Kraton G1652 2.7 26.60 1.63 1.67 PMMA 7.8 0.06 5.01 1.55

Hypalon 40 3.80 2.37 2.08 1.81 Hypalon 45 3.30 4.20 1.41 2.30

k S P E 3.8 0.33 1.9 2.0

Table 4. Activation Energy and Pre-exponential Factors of the Arrhenius Temperature Dependence of the Permeability and Diffusivity Coefficients.

~ ~~ ~

0 2 N2 CH4 co2 Ed Wmot-I 46.6 55 52 44

Po barrer 1 C7 5 147.2 8.6 0.048

E WmoC1 46 57.7 49 24.3

Do cm2s-l 2.6 37 6.8 0.33 Ahs kJmoI-’ -0.6 2.8 -6 -1 9.6

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1

i -20 J I I I I I I

100 150 200 250 300 350 Tc gas (K)

Fg. 5. Actiuation energy of d i i o n (0), of permeation (El) and solution enthalpy (A) us the critical temperature of the gas for the poigwethane based adhesiue (solid symbolsl and of the chbrosdfonated based adhesb? (open symbols).

I I

0 100 200 300 400

Tegas (K) Fig. 6. Solution enthalpy as afunction of critical temperature for a polyimide (0). a) and of LcspE (A).

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no f I

3000 6000 9000 E P

Fig. 7. Linear free energy relation for the pre-exponential and activation energy of d i i i o n of L,," (Ill and of Lap= [A).

ACKNOWLEDGMENT We acknowledge financial support from the Con-

sejeria de Cultura de la Comunidad de Madrid (07M/ 0069/1998) and from the EU (BE97-4472).

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