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Water diffusion and permeability in unsaturated polyester resin films characterized by measurements performed with a water-specific permeameter: Analysis of the transient permeation

✍ Scribed by S. Marais; M. Metayer; M. Labbe


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1999
Tongue
English
Weight
389 KB
Volume
74
Category
Article
ISSN
0021-8995

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✦ Synopsis


A water-specific permeameter was developed to study water diffusion in an unsaturated polyester; these polyesters are often used as high-barrier materials. Low water enrichment of a dry sweeping gas is measured via the dew point temperature, with two hygrometers, one of which is used because of its fast response and the other because of its accuracy. This high-performance device is just as suited to pervaporation as to permeation tests and allows the transient and stationary fluxes to be characterized. At first sight, the experimental data seem in good agreement with D ϭ D 0 e ␥C . However, a more thorough study has shown a time-dependence of D.