Effect of thickness of the PPO membranes on the surface morphology

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 243-251

  Khulbe, K C ^a   Matsuura, T ^a   Noh, S H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b Yonsei University Wonju   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscope; Effect of thickness on the surface morphology; Marangoni number; Membrane morphology; Polyphenylene oxide; Rayleigh number

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; POLYPHENYLENE OXIDES; SOLUTIONS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THICK FILMS;

MARANGONI NUMBER; MEMBRANE THICKNESS; RAYLEIGH NUMBER;

POLYMERIC MEMBRANES;

POLYMER; POLYPHENYLENENE OXIDE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MEMBRANE FILTER; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS;

EID: 0032496919     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-7388(98)00083-0     Document Type: Article

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