Membrane retention of herbicides from single and multi-solute media: The effect of ionic environment

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 320, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 325-334

  Plakas, K V ^a,b   Karabelas, A J ^a,b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Centre for Research Technology Hellas   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Calcium ions; Herbicides retention; Ionic strength; Nanofiltration

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; CALCIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DESALINATION; FILTRATION; IONIC STRENGTH; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; NANOFILTRATION; NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PEST CONTROL; PESTICIDES; POROUS MATERIALS; SALINE WATER; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER FILTRATION; WEED CONTROL;

ADSORPTION SITES; CALCIUM CONCENTRATION; CHARACTERISTIC PROPERTIES; DEAD-END FILTRATION; DIVALENT CATIONS; DOMINANT MECHANISM; EFFECT OF IONIC STRENGTH; HERBICIDE RETENTION; IONIC ENVIRONMENTS; MEMBRANE RETENTIONS; MEMBRANE SURFACE PROPERTIES; MONOVALENT IONS; REAL CONDITIONS; RETENTION EFFICIENCIES; SALINE SOLUTIONS; SINGLE COMPOUND; SIZE EXCLUSION; STIRRED CELLS; SYSTEMATIC STUDY;

HERBICIDES;

CALCIUM ION; DIVALENT CATION; HERBICIDE; ION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM ION;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); IONIC STRENGTH; MOLECULE; NANOFILTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUTE; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 48549102906     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2008.04.016     Document Type: Article

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