Table 1.
Number of initial and retained ions in K-ZM without guest cations, ZM-001 and ZM-110 membranes as well as their comparison with a previous study [10]. The potassium retained in Site I and Site II after 8.5 ns simulations are as percentages.
ZM-001 | Murthy et al. [10] | ZM-110 | ||||||||||||
Total K+ | %K1 | %K2 | Mn+ | Cl− | H2O | K+ | M+ | Total K+ | %K1 | %K2 | Mn+ | Cl− | H2O | |
Initial | 96.0 | 32.0 | 64.0 | 0.0 | 16.0 | 128.0 | 96.0 | 32.0 | 64.0 | 0.0 | 16.0 | 128.0 | ||
K-ZM | 88.1 | %96.8 | %89.3 | 0.0 | 11.0 | 118.7 | 85.5 | %85.8 | %90.7 | 0.0 | 12.0 | 127.9 | ||
Total K+ | %K1 | %K2 | Mn+ | Cl− | H2O | K+ | M+ | Total K+ | %K1 | %K2 | Mn+ | Cl− | H2O | |
Initial | 96.0 | 32.0 | 64.0 | 80/40 | 16.0 | 128.0 | 96.0 | 32.0 | 64.0 | 80/40 | 16.0 | 128.0 | ||
K+/NH4+ | 36.3 | %39.7 | %36.9 | 53.0 | 11.0 | 123.8 | 33 | 55 | 31.7 | %35.3 | %31.9 | 56.6 | 12.0 | 116.2 |
K+/Li+ | 45.5 | %44.2 | %49 | 51.0 | 14.0 | 120.3 | 45.6 | %45.6 | %48.4 | 47.5 | 14.0 | 143.9 | ||
K+/Na+ | 42.1 | %46.9 | %42.4 | 50.6 | 11.4 | 122.1 | 39 | 50 | 46.9 | %50.8 | %47.9 | 51.4 | 14.0 | 133.6 |
K+/K+ | 89.3 | %37.5 | %48.8 | 46.1 | 10.0 | 130.8 | 87 | 88.8 | %34.5 | %49.3 | 46.2 | 12.2 | 132.5 | |
K+/Rb+ | 44.0 | %37.5 | %50 | 41.1 | 9.0 | 127.9 | 37 | 48 | 42.3 | %46.4 | %42.9 | 45.4 | 12.0 | 133.2 |
K+/Cs+ | 43.8 | %50.8 | %43 | 40.1 | 8.0 | 122.6 | 41 | 42.7 | 40.9 | %46.2 | %40.9 | 47.1 | 13.0 | 117.1 |
K+/Mg2+ | 43.1 | %46.9 | %43.9 | 25.0 | 10.6 | 123.6 | 54.9 | %50.2 | %60.7 | 17.9 | 13.2 | 147.4 | ||
K+/Ca2+ | 41.5 | %46.3 | %41.7 | 27.0 | 10.7 | 132.2 | 49.4 | %43.8 | %55.3 | 22.0 | 11.0 | 137.0 |