Porosity of some commercial reverse osmosis and nanofiltration polyamide thin-film composite membranes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 168, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 101-108

  Kosutic K ^a   Kastelan Kunst L ^a   Kunst, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Composite membranes; Effective number of pores; Membrane performance; Nanofiltration; Pore size distribution; Porosity; Reverse osmosis

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NANOFILTRATION; PLASTIC FILMS; POLYAMIDES; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES; PORE SIZE; POROSITY; PRESSURE EFFECTS; REVERSE OSMOSIS;

POLYAMIDE THIN FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANES;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

POLYAMIDE;

MEMBRANE; NANOFILTRATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NANOFILTRATION; NONHUMAN; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS;

EID: 0042410508     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-7388(99)00309-9     Document Type: Article

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