Relating organic fouling of reverse osmosis membranes to intermolecular adhesion forces

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 980-987

  Lee, Sangyoup ^a   Elimelech, Menachem ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; RIVERS;

INTERMOLECULAR BRIDGING; ORGANIC FOULANTS; ORGANIC MATTER; SOLUTION CHEMISTRIES;

FOULING;

ALGINIC ACID; CALCIUM ION; MAGNESIUM ION; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER;

ADHESION; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; FOULING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; RIVERS;

BIOFOULING;

ADHESION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CROSS LINKING; FORCE; FOULING CONTROL; IONIC STRENGTH; MASS; MEASUREMENT; PH; REVERSE OSMOSIS; RIVER;

ALGINATES; BIOFILMS; CALCIUM; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OSMOSIS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 32344451912     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es051825h     Document Type: Article

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