Abstract

In the performance test of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) membrane, melting temperature and crystallinity were $344.1^{\circ}C$ and 42.5%, respectively, according to TGA and DSC analysis. These values were similar to those of commercially available GE Osmonics PTFE membrane. The average of pore size was observed $0.716{\mu}m$ and the average flow rate was 1.570 LMH. These are slightly higher values than those of GE Osmonics sample. The filtering efficiency rate was 30.5%.

Keywords

• polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE);
• membrane;
• pore size;
• porosity

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