Composite electrospun fly ash/polyurethane fibers for absorption of volatile organic compounds from air

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 230, Issue , 2013, Pages 244-250

  Kim, Han Joo ^a   Pant, Hem Raj ^a,b   Choi, Nag Jung ^a   Kim, Cheol Sang ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Electrospinning; Fly ash; Nanocomposite; Polyurethane; Volatile compounds

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION AND DESORPTIONS; ABSORPTION CAPACITY; BLEND SOLUTION; ELECTROSPUN MATS; ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; NON-WOVEN MATRIX; VOLATILE COMPOUNDS;

ELECTROSPINNING; FIBROUS MEMBRANES; FLY ASH; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYURETHANES; STYRENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WEAVING;

FIBERS;

EID: 84880637057     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.06.090     Document Type: Article

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