Modification of Tunisian clay membrane surface by silane grafting: Application for desalination with Air Gap Membrane Distillation process

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 387, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 79-85

  Khemakhem, Sabeur ^a   Amar, Raja Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Air Gap Membrane Distillation; Ceramic membrane; Desalination; Surface modified; Tunisian clay

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; CERAMIC MEMBRANES; DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); HYDROPHOBICITY; SEAWATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; WATER FILTRATION; WATER VAPOR;

AIR GAP MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; CERAMIC CLAYS; HYDROPHOBIC MEMBRANE; HYDROPHOBIC POROUS MEMBRANES; MEAN TEMPERATURE; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; PORE DIAMETERS; SALT CONCENTRATION; SALT REJECTION RATES; SILANE-GRAFTING; SURFACE-MODIFIED; TUNISIAN CLAY; WATER VAPOR PERMEABILITY;

MEMBRANES;

1H,1H,2H,2H PERFLUORODECYLTRIETHOXYSILANE; SEA WATER; SILANE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CERAMICS; CLAY; DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE; PARTICLE SIZE; PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TUNISIA; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 81155162536     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2011.07.033     Document Type: Article

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