Microstructure of Organic Ionic Membranes - American Chemical Society

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Groupe de Physico-Chimie Moléculaire, Département de Recherche Fondamentale, Service de Physique, Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Grenoble, 85 X , 38041 Grenoble Cédex, France

Perm selectivity and ionic conductivity are the two important parameters, besides the mechanical and chemical stability, to be considered in applications for ion exchange membranes; no connection is usually done with the microstructure. The aim of this paper is to present results on the physical structure of perfluorinated membranes. Crystallinity and distribution of the ionic sites across the thickness will be first considered. Evidence of a separate ionic phase will then be given and the local ion concentration will be analyzed. The p h y s i c a l s t r u c t u r e of i o n - c o n t a i n i n g polymers has been the s u b j e c t o f many i n v e s t i g a t i o n s . Each of t h e s e polymers has a h y d r o genated o r f l u o r i n a t e d backbone w i t h a s t a t i s t i c a l d i s t r i b u t i o n a l o n g t h e c h a i n o f the i o n exchange s i d e g r o u p s . The p e r c e n t a g e o f monomers c o n t a i n i n g the i o n i c groups i s u s u a l l y lower t h a n a. 10%; a t l a r g e r c o n c e n t r a t i o n s the copolymers may become w a t e r s o l u b l e . Exchange o f the c a r b o x y l i c o r s u l f o n i c a c i d p r o t o n s w i t h o t h e r c a t i o n s a l l o w s the use o f a l a r g e range of s p e c t r o s c o p i c t e c h n i q u e s to b e t t e r u n d e r s t a n d the m i c r o s t r u c t u r e of t h e s e m a t e r i a l s . Condens a t i o n o f charges has been t h e o r e t i c a l l y p r o p o s e d and a l s o experiment a l l y o b s e r v e d . The b a s i c i o n p a i r s A""X a r e f i r s t a s s o c i a t e d to form the s o - c a l l e d m u l t i p l e t s , w h i c h c o n t a i n a s m a l l number o f t h e s e ion pairs. E l e c t r i c i n t e r a c t i o n s a r e r e s p o n s i b l e f o r t h e s e aggregat i o n s and s t e r i c h i n d r a n c e l i m i t s the e x t e n t o f a s s o c i a t i o n . Cluster i n g of m u l t i p l e t s may o c c u r because of r e s i d u a l e l e c t r i c i n t e r a c t i o n s between m u l t i p l e t s . The p h y s i c a l c r o s s l i n k i n g g i v e s some i n t e r e s t i n g p r o p e r t i e s to t h e s e m a t e r i a l s . P o l y m e r i c i o n exchange membranes a r e a p a r t i c u l a r c l a s s o f t h e s e i o n - c o n t a i n i n g polymers. We have been i n t e r e s t e d i n u n d e r s t a n d i n g t h e i r m i c r o s t r u c t u r e i n o r d e r t o e x p l a i n membrane c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s such as p e r m s e l e c t i v i t y , i o n i c c o n d u c t i v i t y , and water d i f f u s i o n . Most of the r e s u l t s o b t a i n e d on p e r f l u o r i n a t e d ionomer membranes are summarized i n a book (i). In t h i s paper, we w i l l r e p o r t r e s u l t s m a i n l y o b t a i n e d on p e r f l u o r i n a t e d s u l f o n a t e d membranes. F i r s t , we w i l l show t h a t the d i s t r i b u t i o n of the i o n exchange groups may be q u i t e n o n u n i f o r m on +

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Eisenberg and Bailey; Coulombic Interactions in Macromolecular Systems ACS Symposium Series; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 1986.

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Crystallinity I n terms o f s t r u c t u r e o f t h e membranes the f i r s t p o i n t t o be d i s c u s sed c o n c e r n s the p o s s i b i l i t y o f h a v i n g c r y s t a l l i n e domains and t h e r o l e o f t h e s e domains. X r a y and d i f f e r e n t i a l s c a n n i n g c a l o r i m e t r y measurements a r e the b e s t ways t o probe t h e e x i s t e n c e and t h e s t r u c t u r e o f c r y s t a l l i n e domains. Figure 1 represents d i f f e r e n t X ray s c a t t e r i n g curves obtained f o r : • a low d e n s i t y p o l y e t h y l e n e a f t e r i r r a d i a t i o n g r a f t i n g w i t h s t y r e n e f o l l o w e d by s u l f o n a t i o n (1.46 meq/g exchange c a p a c i t y ) ( f i g u r e 1 a ) ; • a f l u o r i n a t e d p o l y v i n y l i d e n e on which have been i r r a d i a t i o n g r a f t e d monomers o f d i m e t h y l amino e t h y l m e t h a c r y l a t e f o l l o w e d by q u a t e r n i z a t i o n ( f i g u r e 1b). T h i s membrane i s a n i o n i c , t h e f o r m u l a i s : CH

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p a r t i a l l y d e s t r o y e d by the c h a i n t e n s i o n s due t o s w e l l i n g o f t h e i o n i c h y d r o p h i l i c phase. These c r y s t a l l i t e s t h e r e f o r e form a s e p a r a t e phase and do not p a r t i c i p a t e i n the exchange p r o c e s s . M a c r o s c o p i c D i s t r i b u t i o n o f t h e I o n Exchange S i t e s a c r o s s Membrane T h i c k n e s s

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Figure 3. C o n c e n t r a t i o n p r o f i l e s f o r d i f f e r e n t membranes g i v i n g an element c o n c e n t r a t i o n ( i n a r b i t r a r y u n i t s ) a c r o s s t h e t h i c k n e s s a and b, Cu c o n c e n t r a t i o n a f t e r exchange. The membranes have been o b t a i n e d from a low d e n s i t y p o l y e t h y l e n e a f t e r i r r a d i a t i o n g r a f t i n g w i t h s t y r e n e f o l l o w e d by s u l f o n a t i o n . c, Cu c o n c e n t r a t i o n a f t e r exchange. The membrane has been o b t a i n e d from a copolymer o f t e t r a f l u o r o r e t h y l e n e and f l u o r i n a t e d p r o p y l e n e a f t e r i r r a d i a t i o n g r a f t i n g w i t h s t y r e n e f o l l o w e d by s u l f o n a t i o n . d, CI c o n c e n t r a t i o n a f t e r c h l o r h y d r a t a t i o n o f d i m e t h y l annio e t h y l m e t h a c r y l a t e g r a f t e d on polyvinylidene fluoride.

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a f u n c t i o n of [ D 2 0 ] / [ H 2 0 ] . Such a dependence i | shown i n F i g u r e 5 i n w h i c h the c o n s t a n t of m u l t i p l i c a t i o n L / H o] experimentally o b t a i n e d t o g i v e the b e s t p o s s i b l e o v e r a l l s u p e r p o s i t i o n i s p l o t t e d v e r s u s [ D 0 ] / [ H 2 0 ] f o r d i f f e r e n t water c o n t e n t s . A good l i n e a r dependence i s o b s e r v e d f o r t h e h i g h w a t e r c o n t e n t samples. F o r low water c o n t e n t s t h e two phase a p p r o x i m a t i o n i s l e s s v a l i d . SAXS r e s u l t s c o n f i r m such a r e s u l t w i t h a p o s i t i v e d e v i a t i o n from Porod's law c h a r a c t e r i s t i c of d e n s i t y f l u c t u a t i o n s w i t h i n p h a s e s . These SANS r e s u l t s t h e r e f o r e c o n f i r m t h e e x i s t e n c e o f a s e p a r a t e d phase c o n t a i n i n g most o f the i o n i c exchange s i t e s and the h y d r a t i o n water. L o c a l c o n c e n t r a t i o n o f c a t i o n and c h e m i c a l c o m p o s i t i o n o f t h i s i o n i c phase i n d i f f e r e n t i o n exchange ionomer membranes has been o b t a i n e d from e l e c t r o n s p i n r e s o n a n c e (ESR) measurements o f C u exchanged c a t i o n i c membranes ( 4 ) . SANS e x p e r i m e n t s have shown t h a t no d r a s t i c change o c c u r s i n the m i c r o s t r u c t u r e o f t h e s e membranes upon neutralization. G e n e r a l i n f o r m a t i o n about t h i s m i c r o s t r u c t u r e can t h e r e f o r e be o b t a i n e d t h r o u g h use o f c a t i o n i c p r o b e s . A different s i t u a t i o n e x i s t s i n o t h e r i o n c o n t a i n i n g polymers where a complete r e o r g a n i z a t i o n o f the m i c r o s t r u c t u r e o c c u r s upon n e u t r a l i z a t i o n o f t h e a c i d i c groups. I

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L e t us d i s c u s s some o f t h e r e s u l t s . The l o c a l c o n c e n t r a t i o n s a r e always l a r g e r than t h e average c o n c e n t r a t i o n o b t a i n e d from chemi c a l a n a l y s i s . T h i s i s d i r e c t e v i d e n c e f o r nonrandom d i s t r i b u t i o n o f i o n s i n t h e membranes. F o r i n s t a n c e , i n t h e low w a t e r c o n t e n t N a f i o n sample we found a r a t i o l a r g e r t h a n 4, which means t h a t t h e i o n i c phase r e p r e s e n t s l e s s than 25% o f t h e polymer. Such a l a r g e i o n i c c o n c e n t r a t i o n cannot be e x p l a i n e d o n l y by a phase s e g r e g a t i o n o f t h e e t h e r comonomer, w h i c h would g i v e a f a c t o r s m a l l e r t h a n 2, Therefore, the i o n i c phase has t o c o n t a i n Cu** i o n s , w a t e r , and o n l y p a r t o f t h e side chain. Another i n t e r e s t i n g p o i n t i s t h e change i n l o c a l concen t r a t i o n when t h e w a t e r c o n t e n t i s changed. I f the l o c a l C u concen t r a t i o n i n the sample c o n t a i n i n g 4.5% w a t e r by weight i s 0.21 g/cm , we can c a l c u l a t e t h e new C u c o n c e n t r a t i o n i f we assume t h a t when the water c o n t e n t changes from 4.5% t o 15% a l l the new absorbed water + +

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m o l e c u l e s are absorbed i n the phase c o n t a i n i n g C u i o n s . W i t h such an h y p o t h e s i s we would expect to o b s e r v e a change i n the l o c a l con c e n t r a t i o n from 0.21 g/cnr to 0.107 g/cm . T h i s number i s p r e t t y c l o s e t o the e x p e r i m e n t a l v a l u e o f 0.115 g/cm and i s c o n s i s t e n t w i t h the h y p o t h e s i s t h a t most o f the water m o l e c u l e s a r e absorbed i n the i o n i c phase. We a l s o have to compare the l o c a l C u c o n c e n t r a t i o n w i t h the c o n c e n t r a t i o n o b t a i n e d by assuming t h a t we have a i o n i c phase c o n t a i n i n g o n l y w a t e r and C u i o n s i n t h i s h y d r a t e d sample. The 15% water c o n t e n t sample c o n t a i n s 20.5 water p e r C u and the c o r r e s p o n d i n g s o l u t i o n would t h e r e f o r e have a c o n c e n t r a t i o n o f 63(63 + 20.5 χ 18) = 0.145 g C u / g . The c o n c e n t r a t i o n i n g/cm w i l l be l a r g e r because the d e n s i t y i s g r e a t e r than 1, T h i s v a l u e i s d e f i n i t e l y l a r g e r t h a n the l o c a l c o n c e n t r a t i o n found i n t h i s sample (0,115 g / c m ) . The a b s o l u t e v a l u e s o f the l o c a l c o n c e n t r a t i o n a r e g i v e n w i t h i n 20% a c c u r a c y . The r e l a t i v e v a l u e s c o r r e s p o n d i n g t o changes i n water c o n t e n t s a r e o b t a i n e d w i t h an a c c u r a c y b e t t e r than 5%. A l l t h i s e v i d e n c e i n d i c a t e s a phase s e g r e g a t i o n o f the C u ions i n t h i s membrane. The l o c a l C u c o n c e n t r a t i o n i s t h r e e times l a r g e r than the average c o n c e n t r a t i o n i n the f u l l y h y d r a t e d specimen, and t h i s r a t i o i s s t i l l l a r g e r (^ 4.5) f o r the low water c o n t e n t s p e c i mens. The changes observed i n the l o c a l c o n c e n t r a t i o n s when the water c o n t e n t i s changed a r e c o n s i s t e n t w i t h the h y p o t h e s i s t h a t most o f the water m o l e c u l e s a r e g o i n g i n s i d e t h i s i o n i c phase. S i n c e the local C u c o n c e n t r a t i o n has been shown t o be s m a l l e r t h a n the C u c o n c e n t r a t i o n o b t a i n e d from a i o n i c phase c o n t a i n i n g o n l y w a t e r and Cu i o n s , some o t h e r o r g a n i c groups have to be i n c l u d e d i n t h i s phase. S i m i l a r r a t i o s o f the l o c a l i o n c o n c e n t r a t i o n v e r s u s the a v e r a g e c o n c e n t r a t i o n have been o b t a i n e d f o r the o t h e r membranes. F o r some membranes the d e f i n i t i o n of the l o c a l c o n c e n t r a t i o n i s more d i f f i c u l t , p r o b a b l y because of s u p e r p o s i t i o n o f d i f f e r e n t i o n i c s p e c i e s . These e l e c t r o n s p i n resonance s t u d i e s d i r e c t l y show the e x i s t e n c e o f phase s e g r e g a t i o n i n t h e s e i o n exchange membranes. The i o n i c phase i s made o f the i o n s , water m o l e c u l e s , and p a r t o f the side chains. Mossbauer s p e c t r o s c o p y i s a p o w e r f u l t e c h n i q u e t o g i v e i n f o r m a t i o n on the i o n i c phase a f t e r exchange w i t h s p e c i f i c c a t i o n s l i k e Fe, E u or Sn. Most o f our work on the p e r f l u o r i n a t e d ionomer membranes has been done w i t h F e and F e ions (5,6). A typical r e s o n a n t a b s o r p t i o n experiment uses a monochromatic r a d i o a c t i v e Mossbauer s o u r c e w h i c h emits γ r a y s ; the sample to be s t u d i e d i s used as an a b s o r b e r and must c o n t a i n n u c l e i o f the same s t a b l e i s o t o p e e m i t t e d by the s o u r c e . Resonant a b s o r p t i o n o c c u r s whenever the d i f f e r e n c e i n energy between the ground and e x c i t e d s t a t e s o f the n u c l e i i n s o u r c e and a b s o r b e r p r e c i s e l y c o i n c i d e . Each s t a t e i s s p l i t by h y p e r f i n e i n t e r a c t i o n o f the n u c l e a r e l e c t r i c and m a g n e t i c moments w i t h the e l e c t r i c and m a g n e t i c f i e l d s c r e a t e d at the n u c l e u s by i t s s u r r o u n d i n g e l e c t r o n s and more d i s t a n t atoms. The energy o f γ r a y s e m i t t e d by the s o u r c e i s s l i g h t l y modulated; the spectrum i s scanned by v a r y i n g the D o p p l e r s h i f t o b t a i n e d by moving the s o u r c e w i t h a v e l o c i t y , v , 10 mm/s. D i f f e r e n t i n f o r m a t i o n can be e x t r a c t e d from the a b s o r p t i o n spectra. The a r e a o f the a b s o r p t i o n spectrum i s governed by the p r o b a b i l i t y o f a n u c l e u s a b s o r b i n g a γ photon e m i t t e d by the s o u r c e 3

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o r d e r s c a t t e r i n g i n c r e a s e . Both t h e i n t e n s i t y and t h e p o s i t i o n o f t h e peak change w i t h water c o n t e n t . T h i s peak has t h e r e f o r e been a s s o c i a t e d w i t h t h e i o n i c h y d r o p h i l i c domains. A n a l y s i s o f t h i s peak i n terms o f a Bragg peak r e s u l t i n g o f t h e p r e s e n c e o f a p o l y c r y s t a l l i n e l a t t i c e o f s p h e r i c a l i o n i c a g g r e g a t e s has been made by T. G i e r k e (7) f o r t h e N a f i o n p e r f l u o r i n a t e d m a t e r i a l s . The proposed model a l s o based on i o n t r a n s p o r t i m p l i e s t h e e x i s t e n c e o f t h e s e s p h e r i c a l i o n i c c l u s t e r s s e p a r a t e d by s m a l l c h a n n e l s w h i c h p e r m i t t h e i o n and water diffusion. I n a s i m i l a r system, F u j i m u r a (J_) c o n c l u d e d t h a t t h e gen e r a l a s p e c t s o f the v a r i a t i o n o f t h e s c a t t e r i n g p r o f i l e s w i t h s w e l l i n g and d e f o r m a t i o n can be q u a l i t a t i v e l y d e s c r i b e d by one o f the f o l l o wing models: ( i ) a two phase model i n which s p h e r i c a l i o n i c aggregates a r e d i s p e r s e d i n t h e p o l y m e r i c m a t r i x o r ( i i ) t h e c o r e s h e l l model. In a another study ( 8 ) , we have a n a l y z e d the l i t e r a t u r e d a t a a s s o c i a t e d w i t h our SANS d a t a and shown t h a t t h e s c a t t e r i n g d a t a on p e r f l u o r o s u l f o n a t e d ionomer membranes a r e c o n s i s t e n t w i t h t h e s c a t t e r i n g produced by a group o f h a r d spheres d i s p e r s e d i n t h e p o l y m e r i c matrix. The number o f i o n s p e r c l u s t e r was found t o change w i t h t h e water a b s o r p t i o n v a l u e s , w i t h the c a t i o n , and w i t h e q u i v a l e n t w e i g h t . The o c c u r e n c e o f t h e s c a t t e r i n g maxima i s due t o i n t e r f e r e n c e e f f e c t s between c l u s t e r s . F u r t h e r c a l c u l a t i o n s have t o be made t o t a k e i n t o account a p o s s i b l e a n i s o t r o p y o f t h e s e i o n i c s p h e r e s . Attempts t o L a b e l t h e I o n i c Domains We have completed experiments l a b e l the i o n i c domains. We have found e v i d e n c e o f a p r e c i p i t a t i o n phenomenon o f p a r t i c l e s o f i r o n o x i d e o r h y d r o x i d e when an i r o n form o f membrane was exchanged by d i f f e r e n t o t h e r i o n s l i k e K , N a , e t c . We t h e r e f o r e have a n a l y z e d t h e s e p a r t i c l e s by d i f f e r e n t t e c h n i q u e s - l i k e X r a y s , Mossbauer s p e c t r o s c o p y , m a g n e t i c measurements and e l e c t r o n m i c r o s c o p y - w i t h two g o a l s i n mind. F i r s t o f a l l the f o r m a t i o n o f u l t r a t h i n p a r t i c l e s i s v e r y i m p o r t a n t i n d i f f e r e n t domains and e s p e c i a l l y i n c a t a l y s i s when t h e s e membranes a r e used i n t h e s o l i d polymer e l e c t r o l y t e process. Second, we e x p e c t some c o r r e l a t i o n between t h e s i z e s and d i s t r i b u t i o n o f p r e c i p i t a t e s w i t h the s t a r t i n g i o n i c domains. +

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Let us summarize here some p r e v i o u s r e s u l t s (9,10). When soaking a F e membrane l i k e N a f i o n 1200 i n a s o l u t i o n o f K , t h e exchange i s e f f e c t e d b u t the i r o n i s n o t e l i m i n a t e d from t h e membrane. We i n d e e d have a Mossbauer a b s o r p t i o n b u t a v e r y d i f f e r e n t spectrum ( F i g u r e 10), A l l o f the i r o n i s now c o n t a i n e d i n a s i n g l e new phase which d i s p l a y s a m a g n e t i c a l l y s p l i t h y p e r f i n e p a t t e r n a t 4.2 K. The s t r u c t u r e o f t h i s new phase depends on d i f f e r e n t paramet e r s , t h e most i m p o r t a n t o f which seems t o be the i n i t i a l water content. Amorphous f e r r i c h y d r o x i d e has been o b t a i n e d f o r low water contents. aFeOOH ( g o e t h i t e ) i s o b t a i n e d f o r h i g h water c o n t e n t (118%). aFe 0 (hematite) i s o b t a i n e d when a sample f i r s t exchanged with F e i s a u t o c l a v e d a t 150°C. + 3

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The d i s t r i b u t i o n o f these p r e c i p i t a t e s a c r o s s t h e membrane t h i c k n e s s i s n o t u n i f o r m , as has been shown by e l e c t r o n m i c r o p r o b e F i g u r e 1 1 ) . The p r o f i l e form depends on d i f f e r e n t p a r a m e t e r s such as time o f s o a k i n g i n KOH s o l u t i o n s , KOH c o n c e n t r a t i o n s , e t c . These p a r t i c l e s o f aFeOOH and a F e 0 have been o b s e r v e d d i r e c t l y 2

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F i g u r e 10. Mossbauer s p e c t r a a t 4.2 Κ o f an F e . N a f i o n sample b e f o r e (a) and a f t e r (b) reexchange w i t h K . Reproduced w i t h p e r m i s s i o n from Ref. 9. C o p y r i g h t 1984 J . R e a c t i v e Polym. +

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i n u l t r a t h i n ( 5 0 0 Â ) s e c t i o n s o f t h e s e p e r f l u o r o s u l f o n a t e membranes by t r a n s m i s s i o n e l e c t r o n m i c r o s c o p y (TEM) . aFe203 p a r t i c l e s (y 1 0 0 A i n d i a m e t e r ) a r e r o u g h l y s p h e r i c a l ; they a r e grouped t o g e t h e r i n c l u s t e r s r a n g i n g from a few hundred up t o about 1 0 0 0 Â . These c l u s t e r s a r e u n i f o r m l y d i s t r i b u t e d a c r o s s t h e membrane t h i c k ness. The aFeOOH p a r t i c l e s a r e i n t h e form o f w e l l s e p a r a t e d a c i r c u l a r o r b l a d e shaped c r y s t a l l i t e s up t o 1 0 0 0 Â l o n g and about 1 0 0 Â across. These r e s u l t s may c o n s t i t u t e a f i r s t v a t i o n o f i o n i c domains.

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Conclusions Many o r g a n i c p o l y m e r i c i o n exchange membranes have a t h r e e phase structure: • microcrystallites; • i n t e r m e d i a t e h y d r o p h o b i c phase; • h y d r o p h i l i c i o n i c domains t h a t c o n s t i t u t e t h e a c t i v e p a r t o f t h e membrane f o r t h e i o n exchange p r o c e s s . We have g i v e n many e x p e r i m e n t a l r e s u l t s c o n c e r n i n g t h i s i o n i c phase i n terms o f c h e m i c a l c o m p o s i t i o n , dynamic p r o p e r t i e s , m i c r o s t r u c t u r e o f t h e i o n i c complexes and geometry o f t h e domains. Acknowledgment s The work d e s c r i b e d i n t h i s a r t i c l e summarizes g e n e r a l r e s u l t s o b t a i ned by d i f f e r e n t coworkers i n c l u d i n g D r s . J.M.D. Coey, B. Rodmacq, A. Meagher f o r Mossbauer s p e c t r o s c o p y ; D r s . E . Roche, R. D u p l e s s i x and S. Kumar f o r SANS e x p e r i m e n t s ; D r s . F. V o l i n o and D. G a l l a n d f o r ESR; D r s . J . K e l l y , A. M i c h a s , J . C I . J e s i o r f o r p r e c i p i t a t i o n s t u d i e s , D r s . B. D r e y f u s and M. Escoubes f o r g e n e r a l d i s c u s s i o n s on thermodynamic r e s u l t s .

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