Abstract:In this paper ,the microporous membrane was secondary stretched along the transverse direc-tion .The structure and properties of microporous membrane with different transverse stretching ratios were characterized by scanning electron microscope (SEM) ,differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) .The results showed that after the secondary stretching ,the shrinkage phenomenon along the machine direction disappeared and the transverse strength increased .With increasing the stretching ratios ,the endotherm plateau on the DSC curve disappeared and the melt point shifted to high temperature .When the stretching ratio was more than 10, ,the pore distribution and arrangement became worse and the lamellae structure damaged seriously .T he transverse shrinkage significantly increased .Only under the transverse stretching ratio of 10, ,the microporous membrane showed better structure .The transverse stress was improved by 2 .33MPa and the shrinkage percent was only 2 .1, .Meanwhile ,the membrane had the higher porosity and pore diameter .Gurley value was reduced obviously .