Microporous membranes obtained from polypropylene blend films by stretching

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 325, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 772-782

  Tabatabaei, Seyed H ^a   Carreau, Pierre J ^a   Ajji, Abdellah ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crystalline lamellar morphology; Membranes by stretching; Permeability; Polypropylene blends; Rheology

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; COLLOIDS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; LASER INTERFEROMETRY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MELT SPINNING; MERCURY (METAL); MICROPOROSITY; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POLYPROPYLENES; PUMPING PLANTS; SCANNING; SECONDARY EMISSION; THERMOPLASTICS; WATER VAPOR;

AMORPHOUS PHASIS; ANNEALING TEMPERATURES; CRYSTALLINE LAMELLAR MORPHOLOGY; CRYSTALLINITY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; HOT STRETCHING; INTERCONNECTIVITY; MELT EXTRUSIONS; MEMBRANE SURFACES; MERCURY POROSIMETRY; MICROPOROUS MEMBRANES; NITROGEN ABSORPTIONS; NORMAL DIRECTIONS; PERMEABILITY; POLYPROPYLENE BLENDS; PORE DENSITIES; PORE DIMENSIONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY IMAGES; SEM MICROGRAPHS; SMALL ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERINGS; SURFACE AREAS; TRANSVERSE DIRECTIONS; UNIFORM PORES; WATER VAPOR TRANSMISSION RATES; WIDE ANGLES; X-RAY DIFFRACTIONS;

MEMBRANES;

HOT WATER; MERCURY; NITROGEN; POLYPROPYLENE;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FILM; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LAMELLAR BODY; MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRETCHING; WATER VAPOR; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 55549098118     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2008.09.001     Document Type: Article

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