Sorption of Liquids on Impurities in Polymers, As Affected by the Sorption History

Autor: N. L. Strusovskaya, N. N. Matushkina, E. P. Ageev
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Russian Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 92:352-356
ISSN: 1531-863X
0036-0244
DOI: 10.1134/s0036024418020024
Popis: An unusual effect is observed that occurs during the sorption of liquids by polymers: The sorption flux directed from the liquid into the polymer bulk transfers only the sorbate, while the spontaneously established backward flux carries a sorbate‒impurity complex into the liquid. It is shown that this effect can be used to remove hydrophilic impurities from a hydrophobic polymer. It is assumed that delocalized (and mobile) sorbent particles participate in this phenomenon and include them in the proposed mechanism of sorption. The inversion of gradient of chemical potential upon the formation of delocalized particles determines the backward material flow.
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