Correlating chlorine-induced changes in mechanical properties to performance in polyamide-based thin film composite membranes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 433, Issue , 2013, Pages 72-79

  Lee, Jung Hyun ^a,b   Chung, Jun Young ^a   Chan, Edwin P ^a   Stafford, Christopher M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chlorination; Mechanical properties; Nanofiltration; Reverse osmosis; Thin film composite membranes

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; CHAIN FLEXIBILITY; CHEMICAL NATURE; MECHANICAL PROPERTY MEASUREMENTS; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; MEMBRANE PERFORMANCE; NF MEMBRANES; PERFORMANCE STUDY; RO MEMBRANE; SALT REJECTIONS; SEMIAROMATIC POLYAMIDES; SHARP CONTRAST; STRUCTURAL CHANGE; STRUCTURAL COMPACTION; THIN FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; THIN-FILM MEASUREMENT; WATER FLUX;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIZATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHLORINATION; CHLORINE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOFILTRATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS;

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES;

CHLORINE; POLYAMIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHLORINATION; EXPOSURE; FILM; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANE; NANOFILTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; THIN FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANE; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84874400287     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2013.01.026     Document Type: Article

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