The barrer is a non-SI unit of permeability of gases used in the membrane technology and contact lens industry. It is named after the New Zealand-born chemist Richard Barrer.
Definition[edit]
The barrer is defined as follows:
Confusingly, the centimetre notation is used in four different ways.
- To denote an amount of substance, the 'cm3STP' is standard cubic centimeter, which is a unit of amount of substance rather than a unit of volume. It represents the number of gas molecules or moles that would occupy one cubic centimeter at standard temperature and pressure, as calculated via the ideal gas law.
- To denote a pressure differential, the notation 'cmHg' is used; a 'centimetre of mercury', which is ten times the more familiar 'millimetre of mercury'.
- And finally, the centimetre and square centimetre are used in the normal way to measure thickness and area.
The cm corresponds in the permeability equations to the thickness of the material whose permeability is being evaluated, the cm3STPcm−2s−1 to the flux of gas through the material, and the cmHg to the pressure drop across the material. That is, it measures the rate of fluid flow passing through an area of material with a thickness driven by a given pressure. See Darcy's Law.
In SI units, the barrer can be expressed as:
To convert to CGS permeability unit, one must use the following:[1]
Where M is the molecular weight of the penetrant gas (g/mol).
Another commonly expressed unit is Gas Permeance Unit (GPU). It is used in the measurement of gas permeance. Permeance can be expressed as the ratio of the permeability with the thickness of membrane.[2]
Or in SI units:
References[edit]
- ^ Stern, S. A. (1968-11-01). "The "barrer" permeability unit". Journal of Polymer Science Part A-2: Polymer Physics. 6 (11): 1933–1934. Bibcode:1968JPoSB...6.1933S. doi:10.1002/pol.1968.160061108. ISSN 1542-9377.
- ^ Lin, Haiqing; He, Zhenjie; Sun, Zhen; Vu, Jimmy; Ng, Alvin; Mohammed, Moyeen; Kniep, Jay; Merkel, Timothy C.; Wu, Tony; Lambrecht, Robert C. (2014-05-01). "CO2-selective membranes for hydrogen production and CO2 capture – Part I: Membrane development". Journal of Membrane Science. 457: 149–161. doi:10.1016/j.memsci.2014.01.020. ISSN 0376-7388.
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