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HDPE hollow‐fiber membrane via thermally induced phase separation. II. Factors affecting the water permeability of the membrane
Author(s) -
Sun H.,
Rhee K. B.,
Kitano T.,
Mah S. I.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-4628(20000307)75:10<1235::aid-app4>3.0.co;2-d
Subject(s) - high density polyethylene , materials science , membrane , permeability (electromagnetism) , composite material , polyethylene , spinning , hollow fiber membrane , fiber , chemistry , biochemistry
Some major factors of the melt spinning of high‐density polyethylene (HDPE) and a liquid paraffin (LP) blend, which affect the water permeability of HDPE hollow‐fiber membrane obtained therefrom, were investigated. The water permeability of the membrane was found to increase as the membrane thickness decreases and as the melt‐flow‐rate value of HDPE and the LP content of the blend increases. The dependence of the water permeability on the major factors is also discussed in connection with the morphology of the membrane. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 75: 1235–1242, 2000