Pervaporation properties of crazed polyamide - 6
Keywords:
aliphatic polyamides, crazing, pervaporation.Abstract
The temperature dependence of permeability is studied in the process of pervaporation of water and
acetone through PA-6, and also transport characteristics of isothermal process of pervaporation in the system
crazed PA-6 – water – isopropanol. It is shown that the values of permeability coincide at the increase and at
the decrease of temperature, but undergoes a stepwise change at 50°С, which corresponds to glass-transition
temperature of the polymer in water and to the transition to high-elasticity state. Crazing of PA-6 leads to the
increase of permeability without changes in selectivity. Pervaporation proceeds most effectively at stretching
degrees of 50 and 90%.









