Effects of chlorine exposure conditions on physiochemical properties and performance of a polyamide membrane-mechanisms and implications

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 13184-13192

  Do, Van Thanh ^a   Tang, Chuyang Y ^a,b   Reinhard, Martin ^c   Leckie, James O ^c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDE BOND; ATR FTIR; BORIC ACIDS; CHARGE REPULSION; CHARGED SOLUTES; COMPETING MECHANISMS; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; EXPOSURE CONDITIONS; HYDROXYL GROUPS; LIFE SPAN; MEMBRANE SURFACE; N-CHLORINATION; PA MATRIX; PHYSIO-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; SEPARATION LAYERS; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITES; WATER PERMEABILITY;

AMIDES; CHEMICAL BONDS; CHLORINATION; CROSSLINKING; HYDROLYSIS; INORGANIC ACIDS; NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

CHLORINE;

BORIC ACID; CALCIUM; CHLORINE; HYDROXYL GROUP; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; POLYAMIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

CHLORINATION; CHLORINE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROLYSIS; MEMBRANE; PH; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEPARATION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; ULTRAFILTRATION; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHLORINATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTACT ANGLE; CROSS LINKING; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED PHOTOACOUSTIC SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROLYSIS; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NANOFILTRATION; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; WATER PERMEABILITY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ZETA POTENTIAL;

CALCIUM; CATIONS; CHLORINE; FILTRATION; HALOGENATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROLYSIS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NITROGEN; NYLONS; OXYGEN; PERMEABILITY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PHENOMENA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TIME FACTORS; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84871285944     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es302867f     Document Type: Article

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