A PRELIMINARY STUDY OF THE VAPOR PERMEABILITY OF CELLOPHANE

Abstract
The water vapor permeability of cellophane was measured over adsorption–desorption cycles and was found to parallel the sorption isotherm. When a constant vapor pressure was applied on the low pressure side of the membrane, the mass flow rate was independent of the vapor pressure used and showed hysteresis on desorption. The permeabilities of methanol, ethanol, and benzene were found to increase with increasing vapor pressure.