Macrovoid growth during polymer membrane casting

Desalination

Volumn 145, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 17-23

  Khare, Vivek P ^a   Greenberg, Alan R ^a   Zartman, Jeremiah ^a   Krantz, William B ^b   Todd, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c Space Hardware Optimization Technology Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Low gravity casting; Macrovoid formation; Polymer membrane defects; Solutocapillary convection

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUTIONS; SOLVENTS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

MICROGRAVITY;

POLYMERIC MEMBRANES;

CONVECTION; DEFECT; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; POLYMER;

EID: 0037056809     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0011-9164(02)00324-7     Document Type: Article

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