In search of a standard method for the characterisation of organic solvent nanofiltration membranes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 291, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 120-125

  See Toh, Y H ^a   Loh, X X ^a   Li, K ^a   Bismarck, A ^a   Livingston, A G ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Characterisation; MWCO; Organic solvent nanofiltration; Starmem; Styrene oligomers

Indexed keywords

LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOFILTRATION; OLIGOMERS; STYRENE;

ORGANIC SOLVENT NANOFILTRATION; STARMEM; STYRENE OLIGOMERS;

ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

OLIGOMER; ORGANIC SOLVENT; POLYSTYRENE;

LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOFILTRATION; OLIGOMERS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; STYRENE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEMBRANE FILTER; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOFILTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSED PHASE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 33847301004     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2006.12.053     Document Type: Article

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