Poly(acrylamide-co-acrylic acid) hydrophilization of porous polypropylene membrane for dehumidification

Sagar Roy, Chaudhery M. Hussain, Somenath Mitra

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Abstract

In this paper we report for the first time the development of poly(acrylamide-co-acrylic acid) (PAMAC) hydrophilized porous polypropylene composite membrane for dehumidification applications. The sorption of water vapor on PAMAC functional groups was found to be quite high, and reached nearly a gram per gram of the membrane. This allowed high water vapor permeance and percent water removal that reached 2 × 10-9 gm mol/cm 2 min cm Hg and 37%, respectively.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)54-60
Number of pages7
JournalSeparation and Purification Technology
Volume107
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Filtration and Separation

Keywords

  • Hydrophilized composite membrane
  • Permeance
  • Poly(acrylamide-co-acrylic acid)
  • Water activity
  • Water vapor removal

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