Understanding the dependence of contact angles of commercially RO membranes on external conditions and surface features

Desalination

Volumn 309, Issue , 2013, Pages 38-45

  Li, Qiang ^a,b   Pan, Xianhui ^b   Qu, Zijian ^b   Zhao, Xulong ^b   Jin, Yan ^c   Dai, Hongjun ^c   Yang, Bo ^b   Wang, Xuliang ^b  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China   (China)

^c Vontron Technology Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Contact angle; Hydrophilicity; RO membrane; Surface feature

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC ALCOHOL; CONTACT-ANGLE MEASUREMENTS; EXTERNAL CONDITIONS; EXTERNAL TEMPERATURE; RO MEMBRANE; SAMPLE PRETREATMENT; SCANNING ELECTRONIC MICROSCOPY; STREAMING POTENTIAL; SURFACE FEATURE; SURFACE ZETA POTENTIAL; SYNTHESIS PROCESS; TOTAL REFLECTANCE; WATER SALINITY; WATER TEMPERATURES;

DROPS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; HYDROPHILICITY; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; ZETA POTENTIAL;

CONTACT ANGLE;

HUMIDITY; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS; SALINITY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WATER TEMPERATURE; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84870941396     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2012.09.007     Document Type: Article

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