Formation of an externally unskinned polysulfone capillary membrane

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 149-157

  Jacobs, E P ^a   Leukes, W D ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Low pressure ultrafiltration; Membrane bioreactor; Polysulfone; Skinless membranes

Indexed keywords

POLYETHER DERIVATIVE; POLYSULFONE;

ARTICLE; MEMBRANE FILTER; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAFILTRATION;

MEMBRANES-SYNTHETIC; ULTRAFILTRATION;

BIOREACTORS; CAPILLARITY; POLYSULFONES; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ULTRAFILTRATION;

INTERNAL SKIN LAYERS; INTERNALLY SKINNED MEMBRANES; LOW-PRESSURE ULTRAFILTRATION; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; POLYSULFONE CAPILLARY MEMBRANES;

POLYMERIC MEMBRANES;

EID: 0030580460     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-7388(96)00172-X     Document Type: Article

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