In this study, Poly(p-phenylene sulfide) (PPS) microporous membrane was prepared via Thermally Induced Phase Separation (TIPS), and the superhydrophilic membrane was modified by nitric acid. After the interfacial reaction between PPS membrane and HNO 3 , a large number of hydrophilic groups, such as SO , SO 2 , C O, NH 2 and NO 2 groups, were introduced onto PPS membrane surface. When the treatment temperature was 50 °C, the characterized results indicated that the membrane became superhydrophilic with contact angle of 0° and pure-water flux of 154.95 L/m 2 h. And the membrane structure was not destroyed during the modification via HNO 3 . Furthermore, the performance of modified membrane on oil/water separation was studied and all of the separation efficiency were greater than 95% when the modified membrane was utilized to separate four different types of oil/water emulsions. In particular, the modified membrane was utilized to separate the chlorobenzene/water emulsion with the separation efficiency of 98.98%. Both carbonic ink solution and 1 wt% chlorobenzene/water emulsion were filtered with the treated membrane with acid/base solution (pH = 1, 7 and 14) to evaluate the modified membrane corrosion resistance of acid/base, and the characterized results indicated that modified membrane possessed the excellent acid/base corrosion resistance.
CaZrO 3 (CZO) precursor fibers were prepared by sol-gel method and electrospinning technique from solutions which contained aqueous precursors of calcium and zirconium ions and polyethylene oxide . The crystallization of CZO fibers was a concurrent process with the decomposition of organics. The evolution process was characterized by Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) and Raman spectra, thermogravimetry and differential scanning calorimetry (TG/DSC), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The heat-conducting property and high temperature stability of fibers were characterized by the measurements of thermal conductivity and heating permanent linear change, respectively. The fibers were treated in NaOH solution at 80 °C to characterize the alkali resistance. The results showed that CZO fibers had the lower thermal conductivity than the other reported forms of CZO materials, and they possessed excellent stability up to 1100 °C with thermal shrinkage less than 1.2% and excellent corrosion resistance to alkalis. Hence, CZO fiber could be used as a suitable corrosion resistant refractory material for high-temperature thermal insulation .