Influence of formulated chemical cleaning reagents on the surface properties and separation efficiency of nanofiltrationmembranes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 432, Issue , 2013, Pages 73-82

  Simon, Alexander ^a   Price, William E ^a   Nghiem, Long D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chemical cleaning; Commercial cleaning formulations; Nanofiltration; Trace organic contaminants (TrOC)

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC ENVIRONMENT; ACTIVE SKIN; BONDING STRUCTURE; CHELATING REAGENT; COMMERCIAL CLEANING FORMULATIONS; CONFORMATIONAL CHANGE; FTIR ANALYSIS; INORGANIC SALTS; MEMBRANE PROPERTIES; SEPARATION EFFICIENCY; TRACE ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS;

CHELATION; EFFICIENCY; MEMBRANES; NANOFILTRATION; SEPARATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

CHEMICAL CLEANING;

DOMESTIC CHEMICAL;

ARTICLE; HYDROPHOBICITY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANE FILTER; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NANOFILTRATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SKIN; TEMPERATURE; ZETA POTENTIAL;

EID: 84873586406     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2012.12.029     Document Type: Article

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