Yang WANG, Hua QU, Dan MO. Measurement of pore diameter and filtration performance of nuclear track membranes[J]. Nuclear techniques, 2016, 39(1): 010501
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Yang WANG, Hua QU, Dan MO. Measurement of pore diameter and filtration performance of nuclear track membranes[J]. Nuclear techniques, 2016, 39(1): 010501 DOI: 10.11889/j.0253-3219.2016.hjs.39.010501.
Measurement of pore diameter and filtration performance of nuclear track membranes
It is well known that nuclear track membranes (NTMs) were widely used in medicine
environment and other fields. But there is no standard pore size measurement method currently. For some specific fields of application like water treatment
filtration performance of NTMs with various pore size has seldom reported.
Purpose:
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This paper aims to investigate pore size measurement method for NTMs and
evaluate the filtration performance of NTMs with various pore size.
Methods:
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Three measurement methods i.e. measuring of the thickness
observing by optical microscope and analyzing by pore size analyzer (bubble point method)
were presented and compared
NTMs with pore sizes of 2 μm and 450 nm were used in this filtration experiments. The filtration performance was also evaluated.
Results and Conclusion:
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Experimental results show that pore size analyzer is suitable for pore size less than 1μm
with an error ratio less than 5%
whilst the optical microscope is suitable for pore of cylindrical-shape or large size (more than 3 μm) with an error ratio less than 8%. NTMs with pore size of 2μm can reduce the chromaticity and turbidity by an average of 99.12% (particle counter). NTMs with pore size of 450 nm or less can effectively separate bacteria by an average of 99.90% (particle counter) in water.
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