Thickness and air gap dependence of macrovoid evolution in phase-inversion asymmetric hollow fiber membranes

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 45, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 7618-7626

  Widjojo, Natalia ^a   Chung, Tai Shung ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; MOISTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ASYMMETRIC HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANES; PHASE INVERSION;

FIBROUS MEMBRANES;

DIFFUSION; FIBROUS MEMBRANES; MOISTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

DIFFUSION; HOLLOW SYNTHETIC FIBERS; MOISTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 33751290053     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie0606587     Document Type: Article

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