Preparation and Characterization of Alkaline Anion Exchange Membrane for Fuel Cells Application

Table 2

Swelling properties of composite membrane.

Number		S/cm^2	ΔS/cm^2	ΔS/S (%)	ΔV/V (%)
1	0	4.0	0.046	1.15	15.82
2	0.3145	4.0	0.0616	1.54	16.86
3	0.4414	4.0	0.0684	1.71	17.54
4	0.489	4.0	0.0732	1.83	17.99
5	0.6519	4.0	0.0912	2.28	18.71
6	0.7468	4.0	0.0968	2.42	19.42
7	0.9305	4.0	0.11	2.76	20.01
8	1.156	4.0	0.12	3.01	20.78
9	1.438	4.0	0.1356	3.39	21.52

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