Thickness Dependence of Macrovoid Evolution in Wet Phase-Inversion Asymmetric Membranes

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1553-1556

  Li, Dongfei ^a,b   Chung, Tai Shung ^a   Ren, Jizhong ^c   Wang, Rong ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXTURES; MEMBRANES; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SOLUTIONS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

MACROVOID EVOLUTION;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

1 METHYL 2 PYRROLIDINONE; POLYETHERSULFONE;

CROSS SECTION; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; POLYETHER SULFONE; THICKNESS;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; EVOLUTION; MEMBRANE; PHASE TRANSITION; REACTION ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 1542268234     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie034264g     Document Type: Article

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