Ceramic membrane characterization via the bubble point technique

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 149-159

  Jakobs, Egbert ^a   Koros, W J ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Bubble point technique; Ceramic membrane; Pore size characterization; Two phase cocurrent flow; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CERAMICS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; LIQUID; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; CHARACTERIZATION; MORPHOLOGY; POROUS MATERIALS; TWO PHASE FLOW; ULTRAFILTRATION;

BUBBLE POINT TECHNIQUE; CERAMIC MEMBRANE; TWO PHASE COCURRENT FLOW;

MEMBRANES;

MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; MEMBRANES-CERAMIC; POROSITY; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 0031577857     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-7388(96)00203-7     Document Type: Article

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