Experimental energy barriers to anions transporting through nanofiltration membranes

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1968-1976

  Richards, Laura A ^a,b   Richards, Bryce S ^a   Corry, Ben ^c   Schäfer, Andrea I ^b  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRHENIUS ENERGIES; CROSS FLOW FILTRATION; DIRECTIONAL FORCES; HIGH-ENERGY BARRIERS; HYDRATED RADIUS; HYDRATION ENERGIES; ION CHARGE; ION HYDRATION; ION RADII; ION TYPES; ION-PROPERTIES; MEMBRANE TYPES; PARTIAL DEHYDRATIONS; PORE RADIUS; STOKES RADIUS; TEMPERATURE-INDUCED;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DIFFUSION; HYDRATION; IONS; MICROFILTRATION; NANOFILTRATION; NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES;

ENERGY BARRIERS;

CHLORIDE; FLUORIDE; NITRATE; NITRITE;

ANION; CHLORIDE; CONTAINMENT BARRIER; DEHYDRATION; FLUORIDE; MEMBRANE; NITRATE; NITRITE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; ULTRAFILTRATION;

ANION TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSFLOW FILTRATION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ENERGY; MEMBRANE; NANOFILTRATION; TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY;

ANIONS; FILTRATION; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; NANOSTRUCTURES; PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY; WATER;

EID: 84874098556     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es303925r     Document Type: Article

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