Investigation of the effect of a topically applied tackifier in reducing particle bounce in a melt-blown air filter

Filtration and Separation

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 933-939

  Phillips, B Alan ^a   Davis, Wayne T ^a   Dever, Maureen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b University of Tennessee   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVES; AIR QUALITY; EFFICIENCY; FILTRATION; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POLYPROPYLENES;

FILTRATION THEORY; MELT BLOWN AIR FILTERS; MONODISPERSED LATEX PARTICLES; PARTICLE BOUNCE; POLYDISPERSED DIOCTYLPTHALATE; TOPICALLY APPLIED TACKIFIERS;

AIR FILTERS;

EID: 0030290027     PISSN: 00151882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-1882(97)84253-X     Document Type: Article

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