Characterization of the pore area distribution in porous membranes using transport measurements

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 165-184

  Baltus, Ruth E ^a  

^a Clarkson University   (United States)

Author keywords

Membrane characterization; Microporous and porous membranes; Theory; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; DIFFUSION; MEMBRANE MODEL; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAFILTRATION;

CALCULATIONS; CHARACTERIZATION; DIFFUSION; FLUXES; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MEASUREMENTS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POROUS MATERIALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAFILTRATION;

MICROPOROUS MEMBRANES; POROUS MEMBRANES;

MEMBRANES;

MEMBRANES; MODELLING; PERMEABILITY;

EID: 0030617180     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-7388(96)00195-0     Document Type: Article

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