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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jan 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Memb Sci. 2019 Sep 7;594:117454. doi: 10.1016/j.memsci.2019.117454

Table 1.

Properties of pristine and PMAA functionalized PVDF membranes (1 mol% initiator and 1 mol% cross linker).

PVDF 700 Pore size (nm) Mass gain (%) Thickness (μm) Contact angle (°) at pH 5.5 Permeability (LMH/bar) at pH 2.3 Permeability (LMH/bar) at pH 10.5
Pristine 123.8 ± 78.6 N/A 170.2 ± 4.1 87.5 ± 1.8 6611 ± 55 6589 ± 57
Functionalized 60.6 ± 16.7 12.1 172.4 ± 2.4 54.1 ± 2.3 543 ± 4 18.2 ± 0.5