Novel cellulose esters for forward osmosis membranes

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 51, Issue 49, 2012, Pages 16135-16145

  Ong, Rui Chin ^a   Chung, Tai Shung ^a   Helmer, Bradley J ^b   De Wit, Jos S ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASTING CONDITIONS; CELLULOSE ESTERS; CHAIN PACKING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; DEFECT-FREE; DEGREE OF SUBSTITUTION; FORWARD OSMOSIS; HIGH-CONTENT; HYDROPHOBIC FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; LOW WATER; MEMBRANE FABRICATION; MEMBRANE FORMATION; NORMAL PHASE; OH CONTENTS; PERMEATION CHARACTERISTICS; SALT REJECTIONS; SELECTIVE LAYERS; WATER PERMEATION;

FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; HYDROPHOBICITY; INVERSION LAYERS; OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

ESTERS;

EID: 84870896840     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie302654h     Document Type: Article

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