On the salt rejection properties of nanofiltration polyamide membranes formed by interfacial polymerization

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 379, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 215-223

  Zhu, Haochen ^a,b   Szymczyk, Anthony ^a,b   Balannec, Béatrice ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES CHIMIQUES DE RENNES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Charge distribution; Modelling; Nanofiltration; Polyamide; Rejection

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC ELECTROLYTES; CARBOXYLIC ACID GROUPS; CHARGED MEMBRANES; CHARGED SURFACES; DIVALENT COUNTERIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXTENDED NERNST-PLANCK EQUATION; FIXED CHARGES; INTERFACIAL POLYMERIZATION; MODELLING; NF MEMBRANES; POLYAMIDE MEMBRANES; POLYMER MEMBRANE; REJECTION; SALT REJECTIONS; SKIN LAYER; SKIN LAYER THICKNESS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SURFACE GROUPS; VOLUME FLUX;

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHARGE DISTRIBUTION; CHARGED PARTICLES; DESALINATION; ELECTROLYTES; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; NANOFILTRATION; POLYAMIDES; POLYMERIZATION; WATER FILTRATION; WATER TREATMENT;

NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES;

ELECTROLYTE; POLYAMIDE; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DESALINATION; DIFFUSION; INTERFACIAL POLYMERIZATION; NANOFILTRATION; NANOPORE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATIC ELECTRICITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; THICKNESS; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 79960650243     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2011.05.062     Document Type: Article

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