| Title: | "Preparation and characterization of styrene-butadiene-styrene membrane incorporated with graphene nanosheets for pervaporative removal of 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene from water" |
| Author(s): | Mousavinezhad SA; Mousavi SM; Saljoughi E; |
| Address: | "Chemical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran. Chemical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran. Electronic address: mmousavi@um.ac.ir" |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.05.082 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1873-3336 (Electronic) 0304-3894 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "In the present study, novel styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS) membranes were prepared by the addition of graphene (Gr) nanosheets to the casting solution and were utilized in the pervaporative separation of a dilute solution of 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene (1,2,4-TMB) as a volatile organic compound (VOC) in water. Several characterizations such as field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), mechanical tensile test, and determination of water contact angle and swelling degree were conducted to investigate the properties of the prepared membranes. The results showed that with the addition of Gr the membrane thermal stability and hydrophobicity were increased while there was an optimum Gr loading to achieve the highest elastic modulus and tensile strength. Moreover, it was found that by increasing the Gr concentration up to 0.5?ª+wt. %, the separation factor and pervaporation separation index (PSI) were increased by 250% and 43% compared to pure SBS membrane and reached 930 and 545?ª+kg/m(2)h, respectively" |
| Keywords: | Graphene Membrane Pervaporation Styrene-butadiene-styrene Volatile organic compound; |
| Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINEMousavinezhad, S A Mousavi, S M Saljoughi, E eng Netherlands 2019/06/16 J Hazard Mater. 2019 Oct 15; 378:120689. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.05.082. Epub 2019 May 28" |
