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. 2020 May 6;12(5):1061. doi: 10.3390/polym12051061

Table 2.

Property changes in the sulfonated poly(ether ether ketone) (SPEEK) membrane with varying degrees of sulfonation [17].

Degree of Sulfonation (%) Water Uptake
(%, RT)
Thickness Swelling Ratio (%, RT) Proton Conductivity (S/cm, 80 °C) Tensile Strength (MPa) Thermal Stability (% Degradation to 600 °C) Oxidative Stability (~min)
40.23 6.29 2.13 0.2571 73 44 200
65.52 14.62 12.44 0.3003 63 46 56
75.95 52.01 27.20 0.4252 50.45 50 <6
89.23 97.98 34.54 0.4649 41 56 <2