POLYHYDROXYBUTYRATE AND POLY(HYDROXYBUTYR ATE-CO-HYDROXYVALERATE) MEMBRANES FOR MICROFILTRATION - INFLUENCE OF A NONSOLVENT ON HYDRODYNAMICPROPERTIES

Citation
A. Mas et al., POLYHYDROXYBUTYRATE AND POLY(HYDROXYBUTYR ATE-CO-HYDROXYVALERATE) MEMBRANES FOR MICROFILTRATION - INFLUENCE OF A NONSOLVENT ON HYDRODYNAMICPROPERTIES, European Polymer Journal, 32(4), 1996, pp. 427-433
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Polymer Sciences
Journal title
ISSN journal
00143057
Volume
32
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
427 - 433
Database
ISI
SICI code
0014-3057(1996)32:4<427:PAPAM>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
We prepared polyhydroxybutyrate and poly(hydroxybutyrate-co-hydroxyval erate) porous membranes with phase inversion method from ternary syste m and different percentages of three different non-solvents (NS): tetr ahydrofuran, dimethylformamide and ethanol. Retention factor (% R), wa ter and ethanol fluxes are given. The maximum value of % R for 8-10% N S is correlated viith the initial collodion ternary phase diagram.