Porosimetric characterization of polysulfone ultrafiltration membranes by image analysis and liquid-liquid displacement technique

Desalination

Volumn 357, Issue , 2015, Pages 84-92

  Calvo, José Ignacio ^a   Peinador, René Israel ^a   Prádanos, Pedro ^a   Bottino, Aldo ^b   Comite, Antonio ^b   Firpo, Raffaella ^b   Hernández, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Liquid Liquid Displacement Porosimetry; Molecular Weight Cut Off; Pore size distribution; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEMBRANES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYACRYLONITRILES; PORE SIZE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; ULTRAFILTRATION;

FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIQUID-LIQUID DISPLACEMENTS; MEMBRANE COMPOSITION; MEMBRANE SURFACE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT CUTOFF; NOMINAL VALUES; POROSIMETRY; ULTRA-FILTRATION MEMBRANES;

LIQUIDS;

DISPLACEMENT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE; POROSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 84911903165     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2014.11.012     Document Type: Article

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