Abstract
AbstractA gravimetric method for determining precisely the solubility of gases in polymers at high pressure is described. The solubilities of N2 and CO2 in low‐density polyethylene (LDPE); CO2 in polycarbonate (PC); and N2, CH4, C2H6, and CO2 in polysulfone (PSUL) have been measured as a function of pressure up to 50 atm. Most of the measured sorption isotherms agreed closely with published data, but reproducible and time‐dependent hysteresis in the sorption of CO2, C2H6, and CH4 in glassy polymers, PC, and PSUL, was observed in this study for the first time. Like the well known conditioning effect of high‐pressure CO2 on the sorption capacity of glassy polymers, these hysteresis phenomena are believed to be due to the plasticizing effect of sorbed gases. On the basis of the current data, the dual‐mode sorption model including the plasticization by sorbed gas is discussed and a primitive equation for the concentration of sorbed gases in a quasiequilibrium state of sorption or desorption is proposed.
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