Removal of fluorinated surfactants by reverse osmosis - Role of surfactants in membrane fouling

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 458, Issue , 2014, Pages 111-119

  Baudequin, Clement ^a   Mai, Zhaohuan ^a   Rakib, Mohammed ^a   Deguerry, Isabelle ^b   Severac, Romain ^b   Pabon, Martial ^c   Couallier, Estelle ^a  

^a ECOLE CENTRALE PARIS   (France)

^b SAS   (France)

^c Du Pont de Nemours International SA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Fluorinated surfactant; Fouling; Reverse osmosis; Surfactant

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894253524     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2014.01.063     Document Type: Article

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