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Experimental Results M. ESCOUBES Laboratoire de Chimie Appliquée et de Génie Chimique, Université Lyon I-43 Bd. du 11 Novembre 1918, 69621 Villeurbanne, France M. PINERI Equipe Physico-Chimie Moléculaire, Section de Physique du Solide, Département de Recherche Fondamentale, Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Grenoble, 85 X-38041 Grenoble Cedex, France The analysis of the sorption isotherms is the most common way to study the interactions of water with polymers. Mathematical models can be fitted to the experimental results and give information about these water-polymer interactions which can be directly obtained from enthalpimetric analysis. It is possible to get the heat of sorption of the water molecules during different sorption isotherms corresponding to different humidity levels. It is also possible to check the phase transformations of the absorbed water by differential scanning calorimetry. The water-polymer interaction depend on the polymer free volume, crystallinity, porosity, chemical structure, etc... It is known that strong interactions between water and polymer can produce important modifications of the solid polymer like swelling or crystallisation. If these interactions are not homogeneous inside the polymer matrix it may result in some "clustering" of the water molecules with formation of holes inside the polymer. Thermodynamic measurements must define both the water-polymer interaction and the structural change of the polymer. This information can be given from the direct measurement of the heat of sorption of the water molecules. - An incremental increase of the relative water pressure is realized and during each increment both the amount of water adsorbed in the specimen and the total energy involved in this absorption are recorded. The average energy per water molecule corresponding to these water molecules absorbed during the increment can therefore be deduced. This energy value depends strongly on the nature of hydrogen bonding and also on the number of hydrogen bonds involved in this interaction. Changes of this value during the water absorption may reflect the existence of different sites of absorption with different energies of interaction. For instance in collagen we have shown the existence of different regimes of absorption (-16 Kcal.mole~"l between 1 and 10 % of water, -13 Kcal. mole~l between 24 and 48 %). From these energy values and also from the number of water molecules corresponding to each regime it has been possible to propose a model of water absorption corresponding 0097-6156/82/0180-0009$05.00/0 © 1982 American Chemical Society In Perfluorinated Ionomer Membranes; Eisenberg, A., et al.; ACS Symposium Series; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 1982.


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t o w e l l d e f i n e d s i t e s ( 1 ) . T h i s k i n d o f measurement i s t h e o n l y one w h i c h i s a b l e t o d e f i n e t h e amount o f bound w a t e r . T h i s t e r m o f bound w a t e r has b e e n o v e r u s e d d u r i n g t h e s e l a s t y e a r s . I t has f i r s t t o be n o t e d e v e n w i t h h y d r o p h i l i c p o l y m e r s , h y d r o g e n b o n d i n g w i t h h y d r o x y l , amide o r c a r b o n y l g r o u p s a r e r e l a t i v e l y low i n e n e r g y and sometimes l o w e r t h a n t h e e n e r g y o f b o n d i n g o f w a t e r mo l e c u l e s i n l i q u i d w a t e r ( 2 ) . A n o t h e r p o i n t i s t h e i n d i r e c t way u s u a l l y u s e d t o d e f i n e b o t h e n e r g y and t h e amount o f bonded w a t e r ( 3 ) . M o s t o f t h e e n t h a l p y v a l u e s a r e deduced f r o m t h e C l a u s i u s C l a p e y r o n e q u a t i o n u s i n g t h e a b s o r p t i o n i s o t h e r m s e v e n when t h e r e v e r s i b i l i t y c o n d i t i o n s a r e n o t o b s e r v e d . The amount o f bound water i s u s u a l l y o b t a i n e d from the d i f f e r e n c e between the t o t a l w a t e r c o n t e n t and t h e amount o f w a t e r g i v i n g a phase t r a n s i t i o n a t low t e m p e r a t u r e s . I n f a c t i n many c a s e s s u c h phase t r a n s i t i o n i s not p o s s i b l e because of s t e r i c l i m i t a t i o n s i n s i d e the water c l u s t e r s . The m o b i l i t y o f t h e bound w a t e r has a l s o b e e n shown by NMR o r d i e l e c t r i c measurements t o be p r e t t y c l o s e t o t h e o b s e r ved m o b i l i t y i n l i q u i d water. - Low v a l u e s o f t h e h e a t o f w a t e r a b s o r p t i o n c a n be o b t a i n e d . These v a l u e s s m a l l e r t h a n t h e l i q u e f a c t i o n e n e r g y may r e s u l t f r o m t h e s u p e r p o s i t i o n o f an e n d o t h e r m a l mechanism : b r e a k i n g o f some bonds ( 4 ) , f u r t h e r c r i s t a l l i z a t i o n o f t h e p o l y m e r s ( 5 ) , e x p a n s i o n o f t h e m a c r o m o l e c u l e s w i t h change o f v o l u m e . F o r t h i s l a s t c a s e , w h i c h does n o t c o r r e s p o n d t o an e x p a n s i o n mechanism d e s c r i b e d by t h e F l o r y m o d e l one has t o t a k e i n t o a c c o u n t t h e e n t h a l p y and f r e e e n e r g y o f e x p a n s i o n (6,7) o r t h e i n t e r n a l p r e s s u r e due t o the polymer ( 8 ) . Heat o f a b s o r p t i o n measurements T h i s measurement i s r e a l i z e d by c o u p l i n g a m i c r o b a l a n c e and a d i f f e r e n t i a l m i c r o c a l o r i m e t e r ( 9 ) . B e f o r e the s o r p t i o n experiment, t h e two i d e n t i c a l samples a r e vacuum d r i e d ( 1 0 " ^ t o r r ) i n s i t u . D i f f e r e n t i n c r e a s i n g h u m i d i t y l e v e l s a r e t h e n o b t a i n e d by c h a n g i n g t h e t e m p e r a t u r e o f a w a t e r c e l l (between - 80°C and 20°C). D u r i n g e a c h w a t e r p r e s s u r e i n c r e m e n t ^ w e i g h t and e n e r g y changes a r e r e c o r ded and t h e m o l a r e n e r g y o f i n t e r a c t i o n i s o b t a i n e d . The MTB 10.8 S e t a r a m m i c r o b a l a n c e has a s e n s i b i l i t y b e t t e r t h a n 1 y g . The l i m i t o f d e t e c t i o n f o r t h e m i c r o c a l o r i m e t e r i s 80 pW. F o r a h y d r a t i o n e n e r g y a r o u n d 10 K c a l . m o l e " ^ a 10 % p r e c i s i o n i s o b t a i n e d f o r w a t e r s o r p t i o n l a r g e r t h a n 1 mg p e r h o u r . The m e a s u r e d d i f f e r e n t i a l molar energy of a b s o r p t i o n ( q ) i s : de a e - e + ηa dn a g a i n which i n t e r n a l molar energy of adsorbed H 2 O e a i n t e r n a l m o l a r e n e r g y o f a d s o r b e d gas e number o f H 2 O m o l e c u l e s a d s o r b e d change i n t h e number o f a d s o r b e d w a t e r a molecules d u r i n g the p r e s s u r e increment, change i n t h e i n t e r n a l m o l a r e n e r g y o f t h e de a a d s o r b e d H 2 O m o l e c u l e s d u r i n g the same increment f

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A d e t a i l e d a n a l y s i s of the thermodynamics i n v o l v e d i n t h i s measurement i s g i v e n ( 1 3 ) . I t has t o be n o t e d t h a t t h i s i n t e r n a l e n e r g y change w h i c h i s m e a s u r e d i s n o t v e r y d i f f e r e n t f r o m t h e e n t h a l p y change. E x p e r i m e n t a l r e s u l t s o f t h e h e a t o f a b s o r p t i o n measurements N a f i o n 120 i n t h e a c i d and n e u t r a l i z e d f o r m has b e e n s t u d i e d (11). I s o t h e r m s have b e e n o b t a i n e d a t 10°C and a t l o w e r t e m p e r a t u res . From t h e 10°C i s o t h e r m s t h e m a i n r e s u l t s a r e : 1. A w e l l d e f i n e d amount o f w a t e r , d e p e n d i n g on t h e c a t i o n , i s k e p t a f t e r vacuum d r y i n g (10"5 t o r r ) a t room t e m p e r a t u r e ( f i g . 1). T h i s r e s i d u a l w a t e r (1 t o 2 H20/S03~) i s d e s o r b e d a f t e r h e a t i n g above t h e g l a s s t r a n s i t i o n o f t h e N a f i o n m a t r i x . D u r i n g r e h y d r a t i o n o f t h e h i g h t e m p e r a t u r e vacuum d r i e d s a m p l e t h e i n i t i a l i s o t h e r m s o r p t i o n c u r v e i s r e o b t a i n e d o n l y above a w e l l d e f i n e d r e l a t i v e water pressure ( f i g . 2 ) . 2. T h i s r e s i d u a l w a t e r has t h e same i n t e r a c t i o n e n e r g y as the f i r s t w a t e r m o l e c u l e s a b s o r b e d i n t h e room t e m p e r a t u r e d r i e d sample ( f i g . 3 ) . O n l y two h y d r a t i o n r e g i m e s a r e o b s e r v e d d u r i n g the room t e m p e r a t u r e s o r p t i o n i s o t h e r m ( f i g . 3 and 4 ) . - The f i r s t r e g i m e c o r r e s p o n d s t o t h e f i r s t 8 p e r c e n t o f abs o r b e d w a t e r (^ 5/6 moles/S03"~). The m o l a r i n t e r a c t i o n e n e r g y i s c o n s t a n t and c h a r a c t e r i s t i c o f t h e c a t i o n - 13 K c a l . m o l e ^ f o r - 13.5 " - 9.5 - 8.5 " 11

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The i n t e r a c t i o n e n e r g y w i c h i s g i v e n i n t h i s t a b l e has t o be compared w i t h l i q u e f a c t i o n e n e r g y o f w a t e r = -12.7 Kcal.mole""^ a t 0°C and w i t h t h e s u b l i m a t i o n e n e r g y a t -10°C : -12.5 K c a l . m o l e " . An i m p o r t a n t change i n t h e p o l y m e r s t r u c t u r e must t h e r e f o r e o c c u r when t h e t e m p e r a t u r e i s l o w e r e d ( f i g . 6 ) . The f i r s t c o n c l u s i o n w h i c h i s a p p a r e n t f r o m t h e s e r e s u l t s i s the a b s e n c e o f s t r o n g w a t e r - N a f i o n p o l y m e r i n t e r a c t i o n s . The f i r s t water molecules which are absorbed correspond to the s o l v a t a t i o n o f t h e i o n s . F o r w a t e r c o n t e n t s l a r g e r t h a n a b o u t 8 % (^ 5 w a t e r m o l e c u l e s ) one o b s e r v e s a d e c r e a s e i n t h e e n e r g y w h i c h c a n be e x p l a i n e d by an e l a s t i c d e f o r m a t i o n o f t h e p o l y m e r i n v o l v i n g t h e m o t i o n o f t h e h y d r o p h o b i c c h a i n s o u t o f t h e h y d r a t e d z o n e . The amount o f w a t e r a b s o r b e d a t s a t u r a t i o n and t h e c o r r e s p o n d i n g h y d r a t i o n e n e r g y s t r o n g l y depend on t h e t e m p e r a t u r e . Downloaded by MONASH UNIV on July 11, 2013 | http://pubs.acs.org Publication Date: February 4, 1982 | doi: 10.1021/bk-1982-0180.ch002

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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 (DSC) DSC has b e e n f o u n d t o be t h e s i m p l e s t method t o d e f i n e t h e r e l a t i v e amounts o f f r e e z i n g and non f r e e z i n g w a t e r ( 1 4 ) . A wet sample i s h e r m e t i c a l l y k e p t i n a sample pan. D u r i n g c o o l i n g o r h e a t i n g r u n s t h e empty r e f e r e n c e c e l l and t h e s p e c i m e n - c o n t a i n i n g c e l l a r e k e p t a t t h e same t e m p e r a t u r e . The r e l a t i v e d i f f e r e n c e o f power n e c e s s a r y t o do so i s p l o t t e d v e r s u s t e m p e r a t u r e . From t h e peak s u r f a c e c o r r e s p o n d i n g to f r e e z i n g or m e l t i n g i t i s t h e r e f o r e poss i b l e t o d e f i n e t h e r e l a t i v e amount o f f r e e z i n g and non f r e e z i n g water. A CPC 600 c a l o r i m e t e r (15) has b e e n u s e d w i t h h e a t i n g o r c o o l i n g speeds b e t w e e n 0.5 and 4°/mn. A c i d N a f i o n s 120 c o n t a i n i n g d i f f e r e n t w a t e r p e r c e n t a g e s have b e e n s t u d i e d . The i n f l u e n c e o f t h e h e a t i n g s p e e d i s shown i n f i g . 7 f o r a N a f i o n s p e c i m e n c o n t a i n i n g 12 % by w e i g h t o f w a t e r . The s a m p l e s h a v e b e e n f i r s t s l o w l y c o o l e d a t l°C/mn down t o l i q u i d n i t r o g e n temperature. I n t a b l e ( I I ) are g i v e n the i n t e g r a t e d v a l u e s o f the e n d o t h e r m i c p e a k s . F o r t h e 2 /mn sample two d i f f e r e n t r u n s h a v e been done. The a v e r a g e v a l u e i s 432 m e a l w i t h i n 5 % d e p e n d i n g on t h e b a s e l i n e and t h e c o r r e s p o n d i n g w a t e r - w i t h 80 c a l / g as t h e h e a t o f m e l t i n g - i s 5.4 mg. I n t h i s c a s e w i t h s u c h an h y p o t h e s i s we w o u l d h a v e ^ 30 % o f f r e e z i n g w a t e r . The i n f l u e n c e o f t h e c o o l i n g s p e e d i s shown i n f i g . 8 f o r t h e same sample r u n a t a c o n s t a n t h e a t i n g speed o f 2°C/mn. No change i s o b s e r v e d b e t w e e n samples quenched i n l i q u i d n i t r o g e n o r r a p i d l y c o o l e d w i t h He g a s . I n t h i s c a s e some e x o t h e r m i c c o n t r i b u t i o n i s apparent. I n f i g . 9 a r e shown t h e c u r v e s o b t a i n e d d u r i n g a c o o l i n g p r o c e s s a t l°/mn f o r two d i f f e r e n t w a t e r c o n t e n t s a m p l e s (12 an 15 % by w e i g h t ) . An e x o t h e r m i c p e a k i s a p p a r e n t i n b o t h s a m p l e s , t h e p o s i t i o n and t h e f o r m o f t h i s peak depend on t h e s a m p l e . B o t h peaks are l o c a t e d a t temperature w e l l below the temperature c o r r e s p o n d i n g to the normal w a t e r f r e e z i n g . No e n d o t h e r m i c o r e x o t h e r m i c peak i s a p p a r e n t f o r samples c o n t a i n i n g l e s s than 8 % of water.


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From t h e s e r e s u l t s t h e f i r s t i n t e r p r e t a t i o n w h i c h comes t o m i n d i s f r e e z i n g and m e l t i n g o f w a t e r i n s m a l l c l u s t e r s w h i c h o n l y a p p e a r f o r w a t e r c o n t e n t s l a r g e r t h a n 8 %. The a n a l y s i s o f s o l i d - l i q u i d phase t r a n s f o r m a t i o n i n s m a l l p o r e s c a n be done by t h e r m o p o r o m e t r y . F o r a l i q u i d c o n t a i n e d i n a p o r o u s m a t e r i a l t h e s o l i d - l i q u i d i n t e r f a c e c u r v a t u r e depends c l o s e l y on t h e s i z e o f t h e p o r e and t h e s o l i d i f i c a t i o n t e m p e r a t u r e i s t h e r e f o r e d e p e n d e n t on t h i s s i z e ( 1 6 ) . From t h e s o l i d i f i c a t i o n thermogram i t i s t h e r e f o r e p o s s i b l e t o o b t a i n b o t h t h e s i z e o f t h e p o r e s f r o m t h e s o l i d i f i c a t i o n t e m p e r a t u r e p o s i t i o n and a l s o t h e t o t a l volume o f w a t e r i n v o l v e d i n t h i s t r a n s f o r m a t i o n f r o m t h e measurement o f t h e e n e r g y c o r r e s p o n d i n g t o t h i s phase t r a n s f o r m a tion. By u s i n g a m i c r o c a l o r i m e t e r t h e thermograms a r e o b t a i n e d . The c o o l i n g and h e a t i n g speeds a r e b e t w e e n 6 and 8°/hour. I n f i g . (10) and (11) a r e shown t h e thermograms c o r r e s p o n d i n g t o h e a t i n g o r c o o l i n g f o r two d i f f e r e n t N a f i o n w a t e r s y s t e m s . I n b o t h samples an en d o t h e r m i c peak a p p e a r s d u r i n g h e a t i n g w h i c h e x t e n d s o v e r a l a r g e r t e m p e r a t u r e r a n g e t h a n i n t h e p r e v i o u s e x p e r i m e n t . Such a b e h a v i o u r i s s i m i l a r t o what i s o b s e r v e d i n p o r o u s m a t e r i a l s l i k e γ-alumina w i t h s p h e r i c a l water c o n t a i n i n g pores (16). A n u m e r i c a l r e l a t i o n s h i p has b e e n o b t a i n e d b e t w e e n t h e f r e e z i n g temperature d e p r e s s i o n s of a c a p i l l a r y condensate s a t u r a t i n g a p o r o u s m a t e r i a l and t h e r a d i i . Rp

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. c i n w h i c h c i s t h e i o n c o n c e n t r a t i o n and ΔΗ t h e l i q u e f a c t i o n e n e r g y of w a t e r : 80 c a l / g . The r e s u l t s a r e n o t c o n s i s t e n t w i t h s u c h h y p o t h e s i s b o t h b e c a u s e t h e change i n θ v e r s u s t h e w a t e r c o n c e n t r a t i o n w o u l d be s m a l l e r and a l s o b e c a u s e no s u c h t e m p e r a t u r e d i f f e r e n c e w o u l d be o b s e r v e d f o r t h e peak p o s i t i o n d u r i n g h e a t i n g o r c o o l i n g . I t i s now i m p o r t a n t t o r e p o r t some NMR r e s u l t s o b t a i n e d w i t h an a c i d 120 N a f i o n sample c o n t a i n i n g an e x c e s s o f w a t e r . A N a f i o n w a t e r m i x t u r e i s quenched f r o m room t e m p e r a t u r e down t o l i q u i d n i t r o g e n t e m p e r a t u r e and t h e n r a p i d l y p u t i n t o t h e NMR s p e c t r o m e t e r a t a w e l l d e f i n e d t e m p e r a t u r e b e l o w 0°C. The a m p l i t u d e o f t h e l i n e c o r r e s p o n d i n g to the mobile water protons a t t h i s temperature i s t h e n r e c o r d e d v e r s u s t i m e as shown i n f i g ( 1 2 ) . The o b s e r v e d de c r e a s e i n a m p l i t u d e o f t h e l i n e c o r r e s p o n d s t o a change i n t h e number o f t h e m o b i l e w a t e r p r o t o n s . D u r i n g t h e a n n e a l i n g t i m e some d e s o r p t i o n o c c u r s and i n i t i a l l y m o b i l e w a t e r m o l e c u l e s a r e f r o z e n e i t h e r o u t s i d e t h e sample o r i n s m a l l h o l e s i n s i d e t h i s s a m p l e . Conclusions Two v e r y w e l l d e f i n e d r e g i m e s o f w a t e r a b s o r p t i o n have t h e r e f o r e b e e n e v i d e n c e d . The f i r s t r e g i m e c o r r e s p o n d t o t h e f i r s t w a t e r m o l e c u l e s w h i c h f i l l t h e h y d r a t i o n s h e l l ; b e t w e e n f o u r and s i x w a t e r m o l e c u l e s a r e n e c e s s a r y t o do so f o r t h e a c i d s a m p l e . A s i m i l a r b e h a v i o u r has b e e n o b s e r v e d f r o m NMR ( 1 1 ) , Môssbauer ( 1 9 ) . These f i r s t w a t e r m o l e c u l e s w h i c h a r e a b s o r b e d o n t o t h e s e i o n i c s i t e s have an h y d r a t i o n e n e r g y w h i c h c o r r e s p o n d t o t h e v a l u e obt a i n e d f o r t h e c o r r e s p o n d i n g c a t i o n s i n s o l u t i o n . The o b s e r v e d decrease i n the a b s o l u t e v a l u e of the i n t e r a c t i o n molar energy f o r f u r t h e r w a t e r s o r p t i o n may i n v o l v e a d e f o r m a t i o n o f t h e h y d r o p h o b i c m a t r i x . I t has a l s o t o be p o i n t e d o u t t h a t a r a p i d e x c h a n g e o c c u r s between a l l the water m o l e c u l e s g i v i n g r i s e t o a s i n g l e l i n e i n NMR. Another important c o n c l u s i o n i s o b t a i n e d from the coupled DSC/NMR e x p e r i m e n t s . The w a t e r c o n t e n t o f t h e N a f i o n membranes s t r o n g l y depends on t h e t e m p e r a t u r e . T h e r e f o r e t h e a n a l y s i s o f a p o s s i b l e w a t e r phase s e p a r a t i o n c a n n o t be done w i t h e x p e r i m e n t s i n v o l v i n g t e m p e r a t u r e changes l i k e DSC. T h i s i s p r e t t y d i f f e r e n t f r o m what i s o b t a i n e d w i t h γ-alumina w h i c h r e p r e s e n t a r e l a t i v e f i x e d and non t e m p e r a t u r e d e p e n d e n t h y d r o p h o b i c m a t r i x . The endo t h e r m i c and e x o t h e r m i c peaks o b s e r v e d d u r i n g h e a t i n g and c o o l i n g r u n s o f t h e w a t e r - N a f i o n s y s t e m s may be i n t e r p r e t e d i n two ways - e i t h e r t h e peak i t s e l f c o r r e s p o n d s t o t h e s o r p t i o n - d e s o r p t i o n thermal m a n i f e s t a t i o n - o r t h e peak c o r r e s p o n d s t o t h e m e l t i n g o r s o l i d i f i c a t i o n o f w a t e r i n s m a l l pores which a r e formed d u r i n g the t h e r m a l c y c l e . Such a b e h a v i o u r has a l r e a d y b e e n o b s e r v e d i n p o l y e t h y l e n e ( 1 7 ) .



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A more d e t a i l e d a n a l y s i s o f t h e s e r e s u l t s a n d o f t h e p o s s i b l e i n t e r p r e t a t i o n s w i l l be g i v e n i n a f u r t h e r p u b l i c a t i o n ( 1 8 ) . A n o t h e r i n t e r e s t i n g r e s u l t i s g i v e n i n f i g . 13 i n w h i c h i s p l o t t e d t h e amount o f d e s o r b e d w a t e r v e r s u s t h e a n n e a l i n g tempe r a t u r e f o r t h e 15 % H 0 - a c i d N a f i o n s y s t e m . From t h i s f i g u r e i t i s shown t h a t a r o u n d 60 % o f t h e t o t a l w a t e r c o n t e n t c a n b e d e s o r b e d . We t h e r e f o r e h a v e a r o u n d 9 % d e s o r b a b l e w a t e r a n d a r o u n d 7 % f i x e d w a t e r . These v a l u e s a r e i n c l o s e agreement w i t h t h e two a b s o r p t i o n r e g i m e s a n d a l s o w i t h t h e f a c t t h a t no DSC peak has b e e n o b s e r v e d f o r w a t e r c o n t e n t v e l o w ^ 8 % w a t e r .


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