Effects of water chemistry on structure and performance of polyamide composite membranes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 452, Issue , 2014, Pages 415-425

  Wang, Jinwen ^a,b   Mo, Yibing ^a   Mahendra, Shaily ^a,b   Hoek, Eric M V ^a,b,c  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Membrane structure; Nanofiltration; Polyamide; Reverse osmosis; Water chemistry

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVE PORE RADIUS; POLYAMIDE COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; POLYAMIDE THIN FILMS; SOLUTION-DIFFUSION; STRUCTURE AND PERFORMANCE; TRANSPORT MODELING; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER PERMEABILITY;

CHEMICAL WATER TREATMENT; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; IONIC STRENGTH; MEMBRANE STRUCTURES; NANOFILTRATION; POLYAMIDES; POSITIVE IONS; REVERSE OSMOSIS;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

DIVALENT CATION; POLYAMIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIFFUSION; HYDROPHILICITY; IONIC STRENGTH; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NANOFILTRATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; WATER PERMEABILITY; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84891494103     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2013.09.022     Document Type: Article

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