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title: Kinetics of thermal degradation of polysulfone/polyimide blended polymeric membranes
creator: Rafiq, S.
creator: Man, Z.
creator: Maitra, S.
creator: Muhammad, N.
creator: Ahmad, F.
description: Flat-sheet asymmetric polysulfone (PSF)/polyimide (PI) blended membranes were fabricated by a phase-inversion technique. The fabricated membranes were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, and field emission scanning electron microscopy analyses. The kinetics of thermal degradation of the membranes were studied from thermogravimetric data following Friedman's kinetic approach. The thermal degradation process of the membranes followed first-order rate kinetics, and the activation energy of the thermal degradation process increased with increasing PI content of the membrane compositions. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
date: 2012
type: Article
type: PeerReviewed
identifier:   Rafiq, S. and Man, Z. and Maitra, S. and Muhammad, N. and Ahmad, F.  (2012) Kinetics of thermal degradation of polysulfone/polyimide blended polymeric membranes.  Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 123 (6).  pp. 3755-3763.  ISSN 00218995     
relation: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-82955249194&doi=10.1002%2fapp.34862&partnerID=40&md5=d172adfffd1394acb15eacd6114de864
relation: 10.1002/app.34862
identifier: 10.1002/app.34862