Structural characterization of an UF membrane by gas adsorption-desorption and AFM measurements

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 117, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 291-302

  Pradanos P ^a   Rodriguez, M L ^a   Calvo, J I ^a   Hernandez A ^a   Tejerina, F ^a   De Saja, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Gas adsorption desorption; Pore size distribution; Structural characterization; Symmetric ultrafiltration membrane

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CAPILLARY WALL; DESORPTION; GAS TRANSPORT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAFILTRATION;

MEMBRANES; STRUCTURE; ULTRAFILTRATION;

ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHARACTERIZATION; DESORPTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NUMERICAL METHODS; POROUS MATERIALS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SURFACES; ULTRAFILTRATION;

CAPILLARY MICROPOROUS SYMMETRIC MEMBRANE; DEAD END PORES; INTERNAL SURFACE AREA; KELVIN EQUATION; MULTILAYER ADSORPTION; PERMEATION PARAMETERS; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION; ULTRAFILTRATION MEMBRANE;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

EID: 0030596756     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0376-7388(96)00081-6     Document Type: Article

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