Assessment of atomic force and scanning electron microscopes for characterization of commercial and electrospun nylon membranes for coke removal from wastewater

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 52, Issue 34-36, 2014, Pages 6611-6619

  Mirtalebi, Elham ^a   Shirazi, Mohammad Mahdi A ^a   Kargari, Ali ^b   Tabatabaei, Meisam ^c   Ramakrishna, Seeram ^d  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF IRAN ABRII   (Iran)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Characterization; Coke removal; Electrospinning; Nylon membrane; SEM and AFM; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE; PERMEABILITY; POLYMER; PORE SPACE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SEPARATION;

EID: 84896106306     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2013.821036     Document Type: Article

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