Cation exchange membranes by radiation-induced graft copolymerization of styrene onto PFA copolymer films. III. Thermal stability of the membranes

Thermal stability of cation exchange, PFA-g-polystyrene sulfonic acid membranes prepared by radiation-induced graft copolymerization of styrene onto PFA films followed by sulfonation was studied by thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA) and oven heat treatment. The tested samples included original and g...

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Main Authors: Nasef, Mohamed Mahmoud, Saidi, Hamdani, Mohd. Nor, Hussin
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Published: John Wiley & Sons 1999
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author Nasef, Mohamed Mahmoud
Saidi, Hamdani
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description Thermal stability of cation exchange, PFA-g-polystyrene sulfonic acid membranes prepared by radiation-induced graft copolymerization of styrene onto PFA films followed by sulfonation was studied by thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA) and oven heat treatment. The tested samples included original and grafted PFA films as reference materials. All the membranes showed multistep decomposition patterns due to dehydration, desulfonation, dearomatization, and decomposition of the PFA matrix. Investigations of the individual decomposition behaviors showed that the weight loss strongly depends upon the degree of grafting. However, the decomposition temperatures were found to be independent of the degree of grafting. The loss in some selected membrane properties such as ion exchange capacity and water uptake was found to be function of the degree of grafting, temperature, and the time of heat treatment.
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spelling utm-37162017-10-24T04:44:04Z http://eprints.utm.my/3716/ Cation exchange membranes by radiation-induced graft copolymerization of styrene onto PFA copolymer films. III. Thermal stability of the membranes Nasef, Mohamed Mahmoud Saidi, Hamdani Mohd. Nor, Hussin TP Chemical technology Thermal stability of cation exchange, PFA-g-polystyrene sulfonic acid membranes prepared by radiation-induced graft copolymerization of styrene onto PFA films followed by sulfonation was studied by thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA) and oven heat treatment. The tested samples included original and grafted PFA films as reference materials. All the membranes showed multistep decomposition patterns due to dehydration, desulfonation, dearomatization, and decomposition of the PFA matrix. Investigations of the individual decomposition behaviors showed that the weight loss strongly depends upon the degree of grafting. However, the decomposition temperatures were found to be independent of the degree of grafting. The loss in some selected membrane properties such as ion exchange capacity and water uptake was found to be function of the degree of grafting, temperature, and the time of heat treatment. John Wiley & Sons 1999 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/3716/1/Nasef1999_CationExchangeMembranesRadiation-Induced.pdf Nasef, Mohamed Mahmoud and Saidi, Hamdani and Mohd. Nor, Hussin (1999) Cation exchange membranes by radiation-induced graft copolymerization of styrene onto PFA copolymer films. III. Thermal stability of the membranes. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 77 . pp. 1877-1885.
spellingShingle TP Chemical technology
Nasef, Mohamed Mahmoud
Saidi, Hamdani
Mohd. Nor, Hussin
Cation exchange membranes by radiation-induced graft copolymerization of styrene onto PFA copolymer films. III. Thermal stability of the membranes
title Cation exchange membranes by radiation-induced graft copolymerization of styrene onto PFA copolymer films. III. Thermal stability of the membranes
title_full Cation exchange membranes by radiation-induced graft copolymerization of styrene onto PFA copolymer films. III. Thermal stability of the membranes
title_fullStr Cation exchange membranes by radiation-induced graft copolymerization of styrene onto PFA copolymer films. III. Thermal stability of the membranes
title_full_unstemmed Cation exchange membranes by radiation-induced graft copolymerization of styrene onto PFA copolymer films. III. Thermal stability of the membranes
title_short Cation exchange membranes by radiation-induced graft copolymerization of styrene onto PFA copolymer films. III. Thermal stability of the membranes
title_sort cation exchange membranes by radiation-induced graft copolymerization of styrene onto pfa copolymer films. iii. thermal stability of the membranes
topic TP Chemical technology
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