Mechanistic interpretation of solute permeation through a fully aromatic polyamide reverse osmosis membrane

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 267-280

  Urama, Richard I ^a   Mariñas, Benito J ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Concentration polarization; Flat leaf cell; Fully aromatic polyamide membrane; Nitrobenzene; Reverse osmosis; Sodium chloride; Solute permeation

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC POLYAMIDE; NITROBENZENE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

BENZENE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DIFFUSION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MASS TRANSFER; OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; POLYAMIDES; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION; FLAT LEAF CELL; MEMBRANE IMPERFECTIONS; NITROBENZENE; SOLUTE PERMEATION;

POLYMERIC MEMBRANES;

MEMBRANES-ORGANIC; REVERSE OSMOSIS;

EID: 0030617177     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-7388(96)00230-X     Document Type: Article

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