Depth profiling of the free-volume holes in cellulose triacetate hollow-fiber membranes for reverse osmosis by means of variable-energy positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy

Desalination

Volumn 344, Issue , 2014, Pages 86-89

  Hagihara, Hideaki ^a   Ito, Kenji ^a   Oshima, Nagayasu ^a   Yabuuchi, Atsushi ^a   Suda, Hiroyuki ^a   Yanagishita, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cellulose triacetate; Free volume hole size; Hollow fiber membrane; Positron annihilation; Positronium lifetime; Water flux

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; ELECTRONS; POSITRON ANNIHILATION; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY; REVERSE OSMOSIS; WATER BACTERIOLOGY;

CELLULOSE TRIACETATE; HOLE SIZE; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANES; POSITRONIUM LIFETIMES; WATER FLUX;

POSITRONS;

CELLULOSE; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84897429058     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2014.03.015     Document Type: Article

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