High performance ultrafiltration membranes prepared by the application of modified microwave irradiation technique

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 2272-2283

  Ahmed, Iqbal ^a   Idris, Ani ^b   Noordin, Mohd Yusof ^c   Rajput, Rizwan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PAHANG   (Malaysia)

^b Faculty of Chemical Engineering   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^d Government (MPL) Higher School Nawabshah   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASTING SOLUTIONS; DOPE SOLUTION; FTIR; LITHIUM BROMIDE; MEMBRANE SURFACE; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION TECHNIQUES; MOLE RATIO; PERFORMANCE DATA; POLYETHERSULFONE MEMBRANE; REJECTION RATES; SEM-EDX ANALYSIS; STRONG INTERACTION; ULTRA-FILTRATION MEMBRANES; WATER UPTAKE; WEIGHT RATIOS;

BROMINE COMPOUNDS; CONTACT ANGLE; DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; DISSOLUTION; IRRADIATION; LITHIUM; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PORE SIZE; ULTRAFILTRATION;

MICROWAVE IRRADIATION;

EID: 79951479262     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie1017223     Document Type: Article

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