Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Vol.60, No.1, 29-35, 1996
Study of Diffusion and Sorption of bis-(2-Chloroethyl)Sulfide (Sm) and bis-(2-Chloroethyl)Ether (Om) Through Polypropylene (pp) and Biaxial-Oriented Polypropylene (Bopp) Films by the FTIR-ATR Spectroscopic Method
The diffusion of sulfur mustard (SM) and oxygen mustard (OM) in polypropylene (PP) and biaxial-oriented PP (BOPP) was measured using Fourier transform infrared-attenuated total reflectance (FTIR-ATR) spectroscopy, which allows one to study the diffusion of liquid through thin polymer films in situ. The temperature-dependent diffusion coefficients of OM and SM for PP and BOPP are also reported; these are in good agreement with the values obtained by the weight gain method. The activation energy of diffusion is determined by both methods. The polymer-penetrant interaction parameter (K) and transport number (n) are calculated for the system PP/OM and BOPP/OM by weight gain method. The "n" values indicate a Fickian mode of diffusion.