Microporous membranes obtained from PP/HDPE multilayer films by stretching

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 345, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 148-159

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

^a DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lamellar morphology; Membranes by stretching; Multilayer films; Orientation; Polyethylene polypropylene films

Indexed keywords

CAST FILM; COOLING AIR FLOW; CRYSTAL ALIGNMENT; CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; DRAW RATIO; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; HOT STRETCH RATIOS; LAMELLAR MORPHOLOGY; MEMBRANE SURFACE; MICRO POROUS MEMBRANES; MONOLAYER FILM; MONOLAYER MEMBRANE; NORMAL DIRECTION; ORIENTATION; POLY-PROPYLENE FILM; PRECURSOR FILMS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY IMAGE; SINGLE LAYER; SMALL ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING; TRANSCRYSTALLIZATION; TRANSVERSE DIRECTIONS; WATER VAPOR TRANSMISSION RATE; WIDE-ANGLE X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ADDITIVES; ANNEALING; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MAGNETIC FILMS; MEMBRANES; METALLIC FILMS; MICROPOROSITY; MONOLAYERS; MORPHOLOGY; MULTILAYERS; PLASTIC FILMS; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; PUMPING PLANTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMOPLASTICS; WATER VAPOR; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

MULTILAYER FILMS;

POLYETHYLENE; POLYPROPYLENE;

AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; FILM; FLOW RATE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PHYSICAL RESISTANCE; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH; THICKNESS; WATER VAPOR; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 72149094595     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2009.08.038     Document Type: Article

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