Effect of the polypropylene type on polymer-diluent phase diagrams and membrane structure in membranes formed via the TIPS process: Part I. Metallocene and Ziegler-Natta polypropylenes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 263, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 146-153

  Yave, Wilfredo ^a   Quijada, Raúl ^a   Serafini, Daniel ^b   Lloyd, Douglas R ^c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Polypropylene; Polypropylene diphenylether phase diagram; TIPS process

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENTHALPY; ENTROPY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYETHERS; POLYPROPYLENES; VISCOSITY;

METALLOCENE CATALYSTS; POLYPROPYLENE-DIPHENYLETHER PHASE DIAGRAM; TIPS PROCESS;

POLYMERIC MEMBRANES;

DILUENT; DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYMER; POLYPROPYLENE;

MEMBRANE; POLYPROPYLENE; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CATALYST; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENTHALPY; ENTROPY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHASE SEPARATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISCOSITY;

EID: 24944534482     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2005.04.043     Document Type: Article

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