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http://dx.doi.org/10.14579/MEMBRANE_JOURNAL.2017.27.6.506

Change of Surface Morphology with the Spreading Rate of Organic Solution During Interfacial Polymerization for Polyamide-based Thin Film Composite Membrane Manufacturing Process  

Park, Chul Ho (Jeju Global Research Center (JGRC), Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER))
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Membrane Journal / v.27, no.6, 2017 , pp. 506-510 More about this Journal
Abstract
The interfacial polymerization method has been applied to various fields as a reaction in which reactive monomers dissolved in two immiscible solutions cause polymerization at the interface. In the case of water treatment membranes, m-phenylene diamine and trimesoyl chloride are used as reactants. The performance of the membrane is affected by various polymerization factors. In this study, we investigated how the spreading rate of the organic solution influences the surface and structure of the membrane. Spreading rate of organic solutions was adjusted to 7.6 and 25 mm/sec. The solution volume of the organic phase was adjusted to 1~3 drops. The observed results showed that cracks were not found in the polyamide membrane when dropping at a drop of 7.6 mm/sec and dropping two drops at 25 mm/sec. On the other hand, cracks occurred in all cases. Therefore, the spreading rate of the initial organic solvent is expected to greatly affect the performance of the polyamide membrane.
Keywords
Interfacial polymerization; membrane; surface morphology; spreading rate;
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