Structural and performance studies of poly(vinyl chloride) hollow fiber membranes prepared at different air gap lengths

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 330, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 30-39

  Khayet, M ^a   Garcia Payo M C ^a   Qusay, F A ^b   Zubaidy, M A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Air gap; Atomic force microscopy; Hollow fiber; Poly(vinyl chloride); Scanning electron microscopy; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

AIR GAP; AIR-GAP DISTANCES; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMINS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STRUCTURES; EXTERNAL SURFACES; FIBER MEMBRANES; FINGER-LIKE STRUCTURES; GRAVITATIONAL FORCES; HOLLOW FIBER; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANES; MACROVOIDS; MEAN PORE SIZES; MEAN ROUGHNESS; MIDDLE LAYERS; OUTER DIAMETERS; PERFORMANCE STUDIES; POLY(VINYL CHLORIDE); POLY-VINYL-PYRROLIDONE; PORE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; PURE WATERS; SEPARATION FACTORS; SPINNING PARAMETERS; SPINNING TECHNIQUES;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ATOMS; BODY FLUIDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FIBERS; GRAVITATION; MEMBRANES; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; PORE SIZE; SCANNING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; ULTRAFILTRATION;

SPINNING (FIBERS);

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; MACROGOL; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; POVIDONE;

AIR; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GRAVITY; HOLLOW FIBER; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOPORE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUTE; THICKNESS; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER PERMEABILITY;

EID: 60849084858     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2008.12.020     Document Type: Article

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