Effect of chemical cleaning agents on virgin nanofiltration membrane as characterized by positron annihilation spectroscopy

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 110, Issue , 2013, Pages 51-56

  Al Amoudi, Ahmed ^a  

^a SALINE WATER CONVERSION CORPORATION   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cleaning; Cleaning agents; Membrane pore size; Nanofiltration membranes; Positron annihilation

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GRADES; CLEANING AGENTS; EFFECT OF CHEMICALS; FLUX MEASUREMENTS; MEMBRANE PERFORMANCE; MEMBRANE PORE SIZE; MEMBRANE SURFACE PROPERTIES; THIN FILM COMPOSITES;

NANOFILTRATION; NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES; PORE SIZE; POSITRON ANNIHILATION; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

CLEANING;

EID: 84876151114     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2013.02.005     Document Type: Article

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