Depth heterogeneity of fully aromatic polyamide active layers in reverse osmosis and nanofiltration membranes

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 4513-4520

  Coronell, Orlando ^a,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; CARBOXYLIC GROUP; ION PROBE; NEAR-SURFACE; RUTHERFORD BACKSCATTERING SPECTROMETRY; STERIC EFFECT; SUB-LAYERS; X-RAY PHOTOELECTRONS; XPS;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BARIUM; NANOFILTRATION; NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES; OSMOSIS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; RUTHERFORD BACKSCATTERING SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTROMETRY;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

AROMATIC POLYAMIDE; BARIUM ION; POLYMER;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BARIUM; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FILTRATION; HETEROGENEITY; ION; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS; POLYMER; VOLUME; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; CROSS LINKING; NANOFILTRATION; PKA; REVERSE OSMOSIS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

BARIUM; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; FILTRATION; MATERIALS TESTING; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; NYLONS; OSMOSIS; SILVER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 79956039782     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es200007h     Document Type: Article

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