Control of the porosity of asymmetric TPX membranes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-12

  Wang, Da Ming ^a   Lin, Fung Ching ^a   Chiang, Jin Chen ^a   Lai, Juin Yih ^a  

^a CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Coagulation value; Membrane porosity; Nonsolvent additives; TPX; Wet phase inversion method

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; COAGULATION; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; ETHANOL; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PARAFFINS; POROSITY;

POLYMETHYL PENTENE; PROPANOL; WET PHASE INVERSION METHOD;

POLYMERIC MEMBRANES;

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; CYCLOHEXANE; POLYMER; PROPANOL;

MEMBRANE; POROSITY;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032054620     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-7388(97)00273-1     Document Type: Article

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