Effect of pressure on the swelling and fluxes of dense PDMS membranes in nanofiltration: An experimental study

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 435, Issue , 2013, Pages 110-119

  Ben Soltane, Haïfa ^a   Roizard, Denis ^a   Favre, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Mechanism; Organic nanofiltration; PDMS; Polymer swelling; Role of pressure

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE PDMS MEMBRANES; ORGANIC SOLVENT NANOFILTRATION (OSN); PDMS; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS; POLYMER SWELLING; SIMPLE LINEAR RELATIONSHIP; SOLUTION-DIFFUSION MECHANISMS;

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; DIFFUSION; MECHANISMS; MICROCHANNELS; NANOFILTRATION; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES; POLYMERS; SILICONES; SOLVENTS; SWELLING;

PRESSURE EFFECTS;

ALCOHOL; DIMETICONE; HEPTANE; TOLUENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CROSS LINKING; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; NANOFILTRATION; ORGANIC SOLVENT NANOFILTRATION; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PHYSICAL SWELLING; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE;

EID: 84875236080     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2013.01.053     Document Type: Article

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