Permeability and chemical analysis of aromatic polyamide based membranes exposed to sodium hypochlorite

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 375, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 220-230

  Ettori, Axel ^a,b,c   Gaudichet Maurin, Emmanuelle ^c   Schrotter, Jean Christophe ^c   Aimar, Pierre ^a,b   Causserand, Christel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GÉNIE CHIMIQUE   (France)

^c Veolia Environnement Recherche et Innovation   (France)

Author keywords

Ageing; Chlorine; Hydrogen bonding; Polyamide; Pure water permeability

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SPECIES; AGEING; AGEING CONDITIONS; AMIDE I BANDS; APPLIED PRESSURE; AROMATIC POLYAMIDES; CHAIN MOBILITY; CO-GROUP; CONCENTRATION THRESHOLD; CONFORMATIONAL ORDER; ELECTROPHILIC SUBSTITUTION REACTION; EXPOSURE CONDITIONS; FREE CHLORINE; FTIR; H-BONDS; HYDROGEN BONDING; HYPOCHLOROUS ACIDS; INTERMOLECULAR HYDROGEN BONDS; MEMBRANE SURFACE; MILLI-Q WATER; OPERATING CONDITION; PERMEATION FLUXES; PH VALUE; PURE WATER PERMEABILITIES; RO MEMBRANE; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITES; SOLUTION PH; SURFACE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

AMIDES; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICALS; CHLORINE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CROSSLINKING; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN BONDS; HYDROMETALLURGY; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS; WATER FILTRATION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

MICROFILTRATION;

AROMATIC POLYAMIDE; CHLORINE; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; HYPOCHLOROUS ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ELECTROPHILICITY; FILTRATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDROGEN BOND; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; SURFACE PROPERTY; WATER PERMEABILITY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 79955874236     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2011.03.044     Document Type: Article

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