Recent Advances in Ion Exchange Membranes for Desalination Applications

Functional Nanostructured Materials and Membranes for Water Treatment

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 125-161

  Klaysom, Chalida ^a   Ladewig, Bradley P ^b   Lu, Gao Qing Max ^a   Wang, Lianzhou ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electroconvection; Electrodialysis; Ion exchange capacity; Ion exchange membrane; Limiting current density

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887223660     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527668502.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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