Partition coefficients membrane-air

By using a PES with a different thickness, one can conveniently change the AV ratio. This approach permits some control over the time required to reach equilibrium concentrations. Bartkow et al. (2004) has reported an excellent example of the impact of ratio or thickness on the time to equilibrium. These investigators showed that a 200 pm thick PE sheet took twice as long to reach equilibrium in air as a 100 pm thick PE sheet. In theory, changing membrane thickness will not affect polymer diffusivity and equilibrium membrane-water partition coefficients (I mwS) or solubility coefficients ( p). However, in practice different values of (membrane-air partition coefficient) and membrane... 

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