Effect of molecular shape on rejection of uncharged organic compounds by nanofiltration membranes and on calculated pore radii

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 358, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 101-113

  Kiso, Yoshiaki ^a   Muroshige, Kentaro ^a   Oguchi, Tatsuo ^a   Yamada, Toshiro ^b   Hhirose, Masahiko ^c   Ohara, Tomomi ^c   Shintani, Takuji ^c  

^a TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^c NITTO DENKO CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Molecular shape; Nanofiltration; Pore radius; Rejection; Solute permeability

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSIVITIES; LOG-NORMAL; MOLECULAR LENGTH; MOLECULAR SHAPE; MOLECULAR SHAPES; NON-SPHERICAL; NON-SPHERICAL MODEL; POLYHYDRIC ALCOHOL; PORE LENGTH; PORE RADIUS; RECTANGULAR PARALLELEPIPEDS; SHAPE PARAMETERS; SOLUTE PERMEABILITY; SOLUTE PERMEATION; SPHERICAL MODELS; STOKES RADIUS; UNIFORM PORE;

ALGEBRA; NANOFILTRATION; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PORE SIZE; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPHERES;

NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES;

ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; MEMBRANE FILTER; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOFILTRATION; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUTE;

EID: 77953335446     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2010.04.034     Document Type: Article

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