Solubility of binary liquid mixtures in polymeric materials

摘要

AbstractExperimental data on the permeation of binary mixtures through polymeric materials show that liquid mixtures can exhibit large, positive synergistic rates. As the permeation rate depends on both solubility and the diffusion coefficient, the existence of a maximum in the steady‐state permeation rate vs. the composition curve could be due to an increase in solubility and/or diffusion coefficient. In this study, a theoretical model based on the Flory‐Huggins equation was developed to predict the solubility of binary liquid mixtures in polymers. The equation has four adjustable parameters that can be determined from solubilities of pure liquids in the polymer and the vapor‐liquid equilibrium data for the binary liquid mixture. The model was tested for two binary liquid mixture/polymer systems. The predicted values of solubilities are close to the experimental data. © 1993 John WileySon