Physico-chemical characterization of polyamide NF/RO membranes: Insight from streaming current measurements

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 461, Issue , 2014, Pages 130-138

  Idil Mouhoumed, E ^a   Szymczyk, A ^a   Schafer A ^b,c   Paugam, L ^a   La, Y H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b NELSON MANDELA AFRICAN INSTITUTION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Tanzania)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrokinetic; Nanofiltration; Polyamide; Reverse osmosis; Streaming current

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT; ELECTRODYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; NANOFILTRATION; POLYAMIDES; REVERSE OSMOSIS;

BACKGROUND SOLUTIONS; ELECTRO-KINETIC; ELECTROKINETIC MEASUREMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; NITROGEN ENVIRONMENT; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; STREAMING CURRENT; SURFACE CHARGE PROPERTIES;

MEMBRANES;

BICARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONIC ACID; POLYAMIDE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; DISSOLUTION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MEASUREMENT; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE CURRENT; NANOFILTRATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; ZETA POTENTIAL;

EID: 84897472198     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2014.03.025     Document Type: Article

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