Phase equilibria for water-methanol mixtures in perfluorosulfonic-acid membranes

A new apparatus was constructed fro precise measurements of water-methanol uptake compositions in a membrane. Uptake concentrations of methanol and wa ter in a Nafion 117 membrane were measured as a function of methanol mole f raction in a liquid-methanol-water mixture for the temperature range 298 to 333 K. Also, uptake concentrations of methanol and water were determined f or a second-cycle uptake run. All methanol-water compositions were determin ed by gas chromatography. The results were quantitatively described by eith er one of two thermodynamically consistent equations derived from models fo r the Gibbs energy of the system.