The rheology of Torlon® solutions and its role in the formation of ultra-thin defect-free Torlon® hollow fiber membranes for gas separation

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 326, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 608-617

  Peng, Na ^a   Chung, Tai Shung ^a   Lai, Juin Yih ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Defect free; Gas separation; Rheology; Torlon poly(amide imide); Ultra thin

Indexed keywords

DENSE LAYERS; DOPE SOLUTIONS; EFFECT OF TEMPERATURES; ELONGATIONAL VISCOSITIES; GAS SEPARATION; HOLLOW FIBERS; MATERIAL SCIENCES; RHEOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; SELECTIVE LAYERS; STRAIN THINNING; ULTRA-THIN; VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES;

AMIDES; CARBON DIOXIDE; COLLOIDS; DEFECTS; ELASTICITY; FIBERS; GASES; HYDRODYNAMICS; PLASTICITY; RHEOLOGY; SEPARATION; SPINNING (FIBERS); STRAIN HARDENING; VISCOSITY;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLOW KINETICS; GAS ANALYSIS; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE; MATERIALS; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR FLOW; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THICKNESS; TORLON; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 58149202111     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2008.10.038     Document Type: Article

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