Convective transport of boron through a brackish water reverse osmosis membrane

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 445, Issue , 2013, Pages 160-169

  Kezia, Kezia ^a   Lee, Judy ^a   Hill, Anita J ^b   Kentish, Sandra E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Boron; Donnan potential; Nernst Planck; Reverse osmosis; Surface charge density

Indexed keywords

BORIC ACID; BORIDE COATINGS; BORON; IONIC STRENGTH; MICROFILTRATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SURFACE CHARGE; WATER FILTRATION;

BRACKISH WATER REVERSE OSMOSIS; CROSS FLOW FILTRATION; DONNAN POTENTIAL; EXTENDED NERNST-PLANCK EQUATION; NERNST-PLANCK; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; STREAMING POTENTIAL MEASUREMENTS; TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURES;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

BORIC ACID; BORON; POLYAMIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIFFUSION; IONIC STRENGTH; ISOELECTRIC POINT; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PH; POROSITY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SALINITY; STEREOSPECIFICITY; SURFACE CHARGE; ZETA POTENTIAL;

EID: 84880118412     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2013.05.041     Document Type: Article

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