The preparation conditions of water insoluble poly(vinyl alcohol) membranes were investigated using three kinds of monovalent alkali metal compounds, namely, lithium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide, and potassium hydroxide. The mechanism for the formation of water insoluble membranes is discussed. The permeabilities of pure alcohols were improved by adding ethylene glycol to the casting solutions and they depended upon the radii of alkali metal ions and the density of locations bridged with these ions. The permeation and separation characteristics of three different alcohol/water systems and three different alcohol/benzene systems through alkali bridged poly(vinyl alcohol) membranes were studied by changing the feed composition of the binary mixtures. In alcohol/water solutions, the depression of permeation depended upon the compaction of membrane under pressure. The permeation rate of water/lower alcohol solution was faster than that of water/higher alcohol solution in all feed compositions. Separation of water/alcohol at given water contents increased with an increase in the molecular length of the alcohols. In the three different alcohol/benzene systems, the permeation rates increased with an increase in the alcohol fraction in feed, and the permeation rate of benzene/lower alcohol mixture was faster than that of benzene/higher alcohol mixture in all feed compositions. Separation of benzene/alcohol mixtures at given benzene contents decreased with an increase in the molecular length of alcohols. These phenomena are discussed from the standpoint of the molecular size, the molecular shape, and the physicochemical natures of the permeating species and the polymer membrane.
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