Ionization behavior, stoichiometry of association, and accessibility of functional groups in the active layers of reverse osmosis and nanofiltration membranes

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 6808-6814

  Coronell, Orlando ^a,c   González, Mari I ^b,c   Mariñas, Benito J ^b,c   Cahill, David G ^b,c  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; AROMATIC POLYAMIDES; DEGREE OF POLYMERIZATION; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; EXTERNAL SOLUTIONS; NF MEMBRANES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STERIC EFFECT; SULFONATED POLYETHERSULFONE;

BARIUM; CARBOXYLATION; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; IONIZATION; NANOFILTRATION; OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; PARTICLE DETECTORS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STOICHIOMETRY;

NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES;

AROMATIC POLYAMIDE; BARIUM ION; CARBOXYLIC ACID; POLYETHERSULFONE; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ACTIVE LAYER; BARIUM; CARBOXYLIC ACID; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; IONIZATION; MEMBRANE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OSMOSIS; PH; POLYMERIZATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STOICHIOMETRY;

ARTICLE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IONIZATION; MEMBRANE; NANOFILTRATION; PH; POLYMERIZATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS; STOICHIOMETRY; THICKNESS; WATER PERMEABILITY;

BARIUM; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; ELEMENTS; FILTRATION; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NYLONS; OSMOSIS; POLYMERS; SULFONES; SULFONIC ACIDS;

EID: 77956163750     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es100891r     Document Type: Article

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