Table 1 Water contact angle and pore size distribution data of PTFE and PTFE-CNT membranes.

From: Electrohydrodynamic atomization of CNT on PTFE membrane for scaling resistant membranes in membrane distillation

Membrane

PTFE

PTFE-CNT

Water contact angle

130 ± 2°

136 ± 3°

Minimum pore size (µm)

0.0430

0.0353

Mean Flow Pore Size (µm)

0.1562

0.1489

Pore size at the bubble point or maximum pore size (µm)

0.36

0.292

Bubble point pressure (PSI)

18.329

22.579