Treatment of paper mill effluent using Polyethersulfone/functionalised multiwalled carbon nanotubes based nanocomposite membranes

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 236, Issue , 2014, Pages 369-377

  Saranya, R ^a   Arthanareeswaran, G ^a   Dionysiou, Dionysios D ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b 705 Engineering Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Functionalised multi walled carbon nanotubes; Hydrophilicity; Paper mill effluent; Polyethersulfone; Polymer nanocomposite

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION; FUNCTIONALISED MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; HYDROPHILIC PROPERTIES; NANO-COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; PAPER MILL EFFLUENTS; POLYETHERSULFONES; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE; SURFACE HYDROPHILICITY;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; HYDROPHILICITY; KRAFT PAPER; MEMBRANES; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITES; PAPER AND PULP MILLS; PAPERMAKING MACHINERY;

EFFLUENT TREATMENT;

EFFLUENT TREATMENT; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; KRAFT PAPERS; MEMBRANES; PAPER MACHINES; PAPER MILLS; WATER; WETTABILITY;

EID: 84886673164     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.09.096     Document Type: Article

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