Sorption kinetics of 1-fluoro-1,1-dichloroethane in vinylidene chloride–acrylonitrile–styrene terpolymer

The sorption kinetics of liquid 1-fluoro-1,1-dichloroethane (HCFC-141b) and its vapor in vinylidene chloride (VDC)–acrylonitrile (AN)–styrene (St) terpolymers were investigated by weight gain method. It was found that the sequence of the effect of monomer unit on the barrier property for HCFC-141b is AN>VDC>St at the same molar content. The diffusion mechanism of HCFC-141b in VDC–AN–St terpolymer depends on the glass transition temperature (Tg) of VDC terpolymers, sorption temperature, vapor pressure and so on. For Fickian diffusion, the diffusivity (D) is exponential function of vapor pressure at the same temperature. A quantitative relationship between D in terms of HCFC-141b in VDC–AN–St terpolymer with composition VDC/AN/St=55.7/12.9/31.4 (wt), temperature and activity was obtained, and the activation energy of diffusion is 37.68 KJ/mol.