Analysis of transport through thin film composite membranes using an improved Wheatstone bridge resistance model

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 131-140

  Karode, S K ^a   Kulkarni, S S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Composite membrane; Constriction resistance; Gutter layer; Prism membrane; Wheatstone bridge model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; FILM; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PERMSELECTIVE MEMBRANES; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; THIN FILMS;

MICROPOROUS MEMBRANES; THIN FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; WHEATSTONE BRIDGE MODEL;

BILAMINATE MEMBRANES;

MEMBRANES; MODELLING-MATHEMATICAL; TRANSPORT;

EID: 0030615765     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-7388(96)00271-2     Document Type: Article

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