Separation Science and Technology, Vol.47, No.9, 1374-1382, 2012
Influence of Alkyl Chain Length in 1-Alkylimidazol on the Citric Acid Transport Rate across Polymer Inclusion Membrane
Research, about citric acid transport, through the polymer inclusion membranes, have been carried out. Two different plasticizers - ONPOE and TBP and a series of carriers of tri-octylamine and 1-alkylimidazoles with carbons chain length of 10, 11, 12, 14, and 16 atoms were used. It was found out that for 1-alkylimidazoles values of the permeability coefficients obtained for TBP as plasticizer change in the range of 8.81*10(-7) m/s to 1.92*10(-6) m/s. When ONPOE was used as the plasticizer, the values change in the range of 1.43*10(-9) m/s to 2.24*10(-8) m/s. The value of the permeability coefficient for the membrane with TBP equals 3.49*10(-7) m/s and is comparable with the value obtained for the TOA with this plasticizer, which equals 4.77*10(-7) m/s TBP, therefore, it is able to simultaneously act as a plasticizer and carrier in membrane. Tested membranes are characterized by a high durability. The repeated 5-times, 24-hours cycles of research did not show any decrease in transport capacity of citric acid.
Keywords:1-alkylimidazole;citric acid;orto-nitrophenyl octyl ether;polymer inclusion membrane;tri-butyl phosphate;tri-octylamine