Effects of silica composition on gas permeability of ENR/PVC membrane

Abstract

This paper studied the potential of a hybrid organic membrane for separation purposes. The ENR/PVC/SiO spontaneous solvent exchange and evaporation techniques. The amount of SiO varied at 1, 3, 5 and 8 wt%. The SEM micrographs showed that pores were developed upon addition of SiO 2. The tensile strength and modulus were also enhanced with increasing amount of SiO 2 up to 5 wt%. At higher SiO membrane decreased due to the agglomeration of SiO done on ENR/PVC/SiO 2 membranes using NO gasses increased with the amount of SiO increase in nanopores. The membranes with SiO