• 한국막학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국막학회 1998년도 춘계 총회 및 학술발표회
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• pp.89-92
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• 1998

1. Introduction : Among many azeotropic compounds, pyridine which forms an azeotropic mixture with three moles of water boiling at 92-93$\circ$C is very useful synthetic intermediate in laboratory and industry. With conventional separation method, the dehydration of pyridine aqueous solution is difficult and requires strong drying chemicals. To overcome these difficulties, several researchers have investigated on the separation of pyridine from aqueous solution through polymer membranes. Kujawski reported several ion-exchang membranes containing carboxylic and sulfonic fuctional group for dehydration of aqueous pyridine solution [1]. We have applied the idea of activation of water tranport through ion-dipole interactions between polymer membrane and aclueous feed. Our previous studies reported on the in-situ complex membrane to separate water from aqueous pyridine solution based on simple acid'-base theory [2, 3]. Water transport was enhanced through in-situ complex formation between the , acid moiety in the membrane and the incoming pyridine moiety in the feed.