Role of specific ion interactions in seawater RO membrane fouling by alginic acid

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3580-3587

  Jin, Xue ^a   Huang, Xiaofei ^a   Hoek, Eric M V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; AQUATIC COLLOIDS; BIOMACROMOLECULES; CALCIUM IONS; CARBOXYLATE COMPLEXES; CONTROLLED LABORATORIES; ELECTRON DONORS; FLUX DECLINE; GEL-FORMING ABILITY; HYDROPHILIC INTERFACES; INTERFACIAL FREE ENERGY; ION INTERACTIONS; LEWIS ACID-BASE; MEMBRANE PROCESS; ORGANIC FOULING; POLYAMIDE COMPOSITE; PRE-TREATMENT; PROBE LIQUID; RO MEMBRANE; SELECTIVE REMOVAL;

CALCIUM; CALCIUM ALLOYS; CARBOXYLATION; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHEMICAL CLEANING; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; CONTACT ANGLE; FREE ENERGY; GELATION; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; IONS; ORGANIC ACIDS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SEAWATER;

MEMBRANE FOULING;

ALGINIC ACID; CALCIUM; CALCIUM ION; CARBOXYLIC ACID; ION; LEWIS ACID; POLYAMIDE; SEA WATER;

CALCIUM; CARBOXYLIC ACID; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOULING; MEMBRANE; ORGANIC ACID; SEAWATER;

ARTICLE; CLEANING; COLLOID; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTACT ANGLE; FOULING CONTROL; GEL; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE OSMOSIS;

ADHESIVENESS; ALGINATES; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; IONS; LIGHT; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; OSMOSIS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SEAWATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOLUTIONS; SURFACE TENSION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 66249123124     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es8036498     Document Type: Article

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