Use of ultrasonic time-domain reflectometry for real-time measurement of thickness changes during evaporative casting of polymeric films

Journal of Applied Polymer Science

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2013-2019

  Kools, W F C ^a   Konagurthu, S ^b   Greenberc, A R ^b,c   Bond, L J ^b,c   Krantz, W B ^b,c   Van Den Boomgaard, Th ^a   Strathmann, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b University of Colorado   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellulose acetate; Dry casting; Polymer membrane characterization; Real time measurement; Ultrasonic time domain reflectometry

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; CELLULOSIC RESINS; FURAN RESINS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); PLASTICS CASTING; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES; POLYSULFONES; REFLECTOMETERS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; ULTRASONIC REFLECTION; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

CELLULOSE ACETATE; TETRAHYDROFURAN; ULTRASONIC TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY;

PLASTIC FILMS;

EID: 0032491066     PISSN: 00218995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4628(19980906)69:10<2013::AID-APP13>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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