Preparation of polysulfone nanofiltration membranes by UV-assisted grafting polymerization for water softening

Desalination

Volumn 263, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 217-225

  Homayoonfal, Maryam ^a,b   Akbari, Ahmad ^a   Mehrnia, Mohammad Reza ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASHAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Acrylic acid; Nanofiltration membrane; Polyethylene glycol; Polysulfone; UV graft; Water softening

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DESALINATION; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); MEMBRANES; NANOFILTRATION; ORGANIC ACIDS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYETHYLENES; POLYMERIZATION; POLYSULFONES; PORE SIZE; WATER FILTRATION;

ACRYLIC ACIDS; GRAFTING POLYMERIZATION; MONOMER CONCENTRATION; ULTRA-FILTRATION MEMBRANES; UV GRAFTS; UV-INDUCED POLYMERIZATION; WATER DESALINATION; WATER SOFTENING;

NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES;

ACID; DESALINATION; IRRADIATION; MEMBRANE; POLYMER; POLYMERIZATION; PORE SPACE; REACTION KINETICS; ULTRAFILTRATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 78649447186     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2010.06.062     Document Type: Article

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