Preparation and characterisation of poly (amide-imide) incorporated cellulose acetate membranes for polymer enhanced ultrafiltration of metal ions

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-44

  Rajesh, S ^a   Maheswari, P ^a   Senthilkumar, S ^a   Jayalakshmi, A ^a   Mohan, D ^a  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

AFM; Poly (amide imide); Polymer enhanced ultra filtration; SEM; TGA

Indexed keywords

AFM; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; CA MEMBRANES; CELLULOSE ACETATE MEMBRANE; CHARACTERISATION; FINE DISPERSIONS; INDUSTRIAL SEPARATION; MATRIX; MEAN PORE SIZE; MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; MODIFICATION AGENT; MODIFIED MEMBRANES; OPERATING CONDITION; PHASE INVERSION TECHNIQUES; POLYMER ENHANCED ULTRAFILTRATION; ROUGHNESS ANALYSIS; SEM; SEM ANALYSIS; SEPARATION EFFICIENCY; SEPARATION OF METAL IONS; SURFACE POROSITY; TGA; THERMAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; THERMAL STABILITY;

AMIDES; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELLULOSE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; METAL ANALYSIS; METAL IONS; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES; POLYMERS; POROUS MATERIALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; ULTRAFILTRATION; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

MICROFILTRATION;

EID: 79957604617     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.03.033     Document Type: Article

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