Preparation and characterization of PSf/clay nanocomposite membranes with PEG 400 as a pore forming additive

Desalination

Volumn 286, Issue , 2012, Pages 131-137

  Ma, Yuxin ^a   Shi, Fengmei ^b   Wang, Zhengjun ^a   Wu, Miaonan ^a   Ma, Jun ^b   Gao, Congjie ^c  

^a HEILONGJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Clay; Nanocomposite membrane; PSf; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

CASTING SOLUTIONS; DIMETHYL ACETAMIDE; ELONGATION AT BREAK; FLAT SHEETS; LARGE PORES; MATRIX; NANOCOMPOSITE MEMBRANE; NANOCOMPOSITE MEMBRANES; PEG-400; PHASE-INVERSION METHOD; PORE FORMING; PROTEIN REJECTION; PSF; PURE WATER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SKIN LAYER; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; X RAY DIFFRACTOMETERS;

CASTING; CLAY; COAGULATION; CONTACT ANGLE; NANOCOMPOSITES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAFILTRATION;

MEMBRANES;

CLAY; COAGULATION; COMPOSITE; MEMBRANE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH; ULTRAFILTRATION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84856031671     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2011.10.040     Document Type: Article

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