Scintillation proximity assay for measuring benzene absorption in a polyethylene membrane

Michael A. Diaz; Robert K. Mansfield; Dibakar Bhattacharyya; Michael Jay

doi:10.1016/0376-7388(92)80178-M

Scintillation proximity assay for measuring benzene absorption in a polyethylene membrane

Michael A. Diaz, Robert K. Mansfield, Dibakar Bhattacharyya, Michael Jay

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Abstract

A polyethylene membrane that had been exposed to benzene vapor was sandwiched between two carboxylated poly(vinyl chloride) membranes that contained carbon-14 labeled lysine. The beta-particles emitted from carbon-14 were in close enough proximity to the benzene molecules to induce an excitation and subsequent emission of photons. The number of photons produced, as measured in a liquid scintillation counter, was shown to be proportional to the amount of benzene absorbed by the polyethylene membrane and was dependent on membrane thickness. This scintillation proximity assay technique can be used to study absorption/desorption processes of aromatic compounds in polymeric membranes.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	179-183
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Membrane Science
Volume	69
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0376-7388(92)80178-M
State	Published - Apr 24 1992

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Funding Information:
This work was supported by the national Scl-ence Foundation through Grant No Rll-8110671, through the NSF/REU program (DMR-8900979 ) , and the Commonwealth of Kentucky through the Kentucky EPSCOR Program

Keywords

diffusion
fluors
membrane preparation and structure
scintillation
solubility and partitioning

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Biochemistry
General Materials Science
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Filtration and Separation

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Scintillation proximity assay for measuring benzene absorption in a polyethylene membrane

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