Electrospun fiber mats: Transport properties

AIChE Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 190-195

  Gibson, P W ^a   Schreuder Gibson, H L ^a   Rivin, D ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES; NYLON POLYMERS; PLASTIC FILAMENTS; POLYACRYLONITRILES; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; PORE SIZE; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

DARCY'S LAW; ELECTROSPINNING; EVAPORATIVE COOLING; FLOW RESISTANCE; POLYBENZIMIDAZOLE;

POLYMERIC MEMBRANES;

NYLON; POLITEF; POLYACRYLONITRILE; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; ELECTRICITY; FIBER; GAS FLOW; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE TENSION; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSPORT KINETICS; WATER VAPOR;

FABRIC PROPERTY; FIBER; MAT; MOISTURE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING;

EID: 0032986640     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690450116     Document Type: Article

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