TY  - JOUR
SP  - 3755
TI  - Kinetics of thermal degradation of polysulfone/polyimide blended polymeric membranes
N1  - cited By 25
AV  - none
EP  - 3763
SN  - 00218995
KW  - Blended membrane; blends; Field emission scanning electron microscopy; First-order rates; Kinetic approach; Membrane composition; Phase inversion; Thermal degradations; thermogravimetric analysis (TGA)
KW  -  Activation energy; Degradation; Differential scanning calorimetry; Field emission microscopes; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; Kinetics; Membranes; Polyimides; Polymeric membranes; Scanning electron microscopy
KW  -  Thermogravimetric analysis
ID  - scholars3048
N2  - 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.
IS  - 6
VL  - 123
UR  - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-82955249194&doi=10.1002%2fapp.34862&partnerID=40&md5=d172adfffd1394acb15eacd6114de864
JF  - Journal of Applied Polymer Science
A1  - Rafiq, S.
A1  - Man, Z.
A1  - Maitra, S.
A1  - Muhammad, N.
A1  - Ahmad, F.
Y1  - 2012///
ER  -