Liquid-liquid displacement porosimetry applied to several MF and UF membranes

Desalination

Volumn 327, Issue , 2013, Pages 14-23

  Carretero, Paula ^a   Molina, Serena ^a   Lozano, Angel ^a,b   de Abajo, Javier ^a   Calvo, José Ignacio ^b   Prádanos, Pedro ^b   Palacio, Laura ^b   Hernández, Antonio ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE POLÍMEROS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Liquid liquid porosimetry; Microfiltration; Molecular weight cut off; Pore size distribution; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL POLYMERS; FINGER-LIKE STRUCTURE; GRANULAR STRUCTURESS; LIQUID-LIQUID DISPLACEMENTS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT CUTOFF; NARROW PORE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; POLYMER CONCENTRATIONS; POROSIMETRY;

AROMATIC POLYMERS; MICROFILTRATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYACRYLONITRILES; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; PORE SIZE; ULTRAFILTRATION;

POLYMERS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MEMBRANE; POLYMER; PORE SPACE; POROSITY; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 84883034701     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2013.08.001     Document Type: Article

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