Highly chlorine-resistant end-group crosslinked sulfonated-fluorinated poly(arylene ether) for reverse osmosis membrane

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 378, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 512-519

  Kim, Young Jea ^a   Lee, Kwan Soo ^a,b   Jeong, Myung Hwan ^a   Lee, Jae Suk ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorine resistance membrane; Crosslinking; Reverse osmosis (RO); Sulfonated poly(arylene ether)

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE CONCENTRATION; COVALENT CROSSLINKING; CROSSLINKED; DEGREE OF SULFONATION; END GROUPS; ETHYNYL; FLUORINE CONTENT; LONG TERM STABILITY; OPERATION CONDITIONS; POLY(ARYLENE ETHER)S; POLYMER CHAINS; RETENTION RATIO; SULFONATED POLY(ARYLENE ETHER); THERMAL CURING; WATER PERMEABILITY;

CHLORINE; CONTACT ANGLE; ETHERS; FLUORINE; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OSMOSIS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

CHLORINE; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; POLY(ARYLENE ETHER); POLYMER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); COVALENT BOND; CROSS LINKING; FLUORINATION; HYDROPHILICITY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE RESISTANCE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SOXHLET EXTRACTION; SULFONATION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 79960010603     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2011.05.040     Document Type: Article

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