Facilitated Transport of Zinc Chloride through Hollow Fiber Supported Liquid Membrane. Part 1. Transport Mechanism

Abstract

The facilitated transport of zinc chloride through a liquid membrane of tri-n-octylamine dissolved in n-dodecane with 2-ethylhexyl alcohol, supported on a microporous polyethylene hollow fiber, has been studied in a series of three papers. This first paper deals with the transport mechanism. The distribution of zinc chloride between the liquid membrane phase and the aqueous hydrochloric acid solution was clarified. The characteristics of the support membrane and of the flow system were examined through phenol transport experiments. The initial permeation rate of zinc chloride was explained by the sum of film resistances in the two aqueous phases and a membrane phase resistance