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5.4.3 Continuity and Surface Areas of Substrates<br />

Table 5-3 shows gravimetric data obtained after solvent extraction and <strong>de</strong>monstrates that in all<br />

cases the various phases within the HDPE are fully continuous. The continuity of all extracted<br />

phases for both annealed and unannealed samples is higher than 96%. Hence, the 33% volume<br />

fraction of HDPE in samples A and B and 40% in samples C and D results in a 67% and 60%<br />

void volume respectively after the extraction of all other phases. As well, the effect of annealing<br />

on reducing the surface area of the porous substrate is extremely evi<strong>de</strong>nt as it was below the<br />

range which could be measured quantitatively by BET (Table 5-4).<br />

Table 5-3. Continuity of the Porous Morphology With and Without annealing (PS, PMMA and<br />

PVDF extracted).<br />

Sample<br />

Continuity of (PS+PMMA+PVDF)<br />

no annealing<br />

Continuity of (PS+PMMA+PVDF)<br />

with annealing<br />

A 96.6 % 98.3 %<br />

B 98 % 100 %<br />

C 98.3 % 99.3 %<br />

D 96 % 97.4 %<br />

Table 5-4. Surface Area Measurements of Porous Polymer Substrates by BET<br />

Sample Surface area measured by BET(m2 /g)<br />

no annealing<br />

Surface area measured by BET(m 2 /g)<br />

with annealing<br />

A 1.28 < 0.01<br />

B 0.70 < 0.01<br />

C 0.88 < 0.01<br />

D 0.74 < 0.01<br />

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