Teflon scrap based cation exchanger by radiation grafting: Process parameter standardization and characterization

Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 77-88

  Chaudhari, C V ^a   Paul, Jhimli ^a   Panicker, Lata ^a   Dubey, K A ^a   Kumar, Virendra ^a   Goel, N K ^a   Bhardwaj, Y K ^a   Sabharwal, S ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

acrylic acid; grafting; radiation; surface energy; teflon scrap

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACIDS; CATION EXCHANGERS; CHANGE IN THICKNESS; CRYSTALLINITY CHANGES; DOSE RATE; DYNAMIC CONTACT ANGLE; EXPERIMENTAL PARAMETERS; GRAFTED PRODUCTS; GRAFTING YIELD; HIGH ENERGY; MONOMER CONCENTRATION; OPTIMUM CONCENTRATION; PROCESS PARAMETERS; RADIATION GRAFTING; RADIATION SOURCE; RADIATION TREATMENTS; SEM STUDY; SURFACE ENERGIES; THICKNESS EFFECT;

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CONTACT ANGLE; GAMMA RAYS; HEAT RADIATION; MORPHOLOGY; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; RADIATION; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

GRAFTING (CHEMICAL);

EID: 84855879604     PISSN: 19447442     EISSN: 19447450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ep.10533     Document Type: Article

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