Overview of main techniques used for membrane characterization

Journal of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 3-12

  Tylkowski, Bartosz ^a,b   Tsibranska, Iren ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Active pore size; charaterization techniques; Pore size distribution; Porous membrane characterization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921775701     PISSN: 13147471     EISSN: 13147978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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