Development of nanofiltration membrane with high salt selectivity and performance stability using polyelectrolyte multilayers

Desalination

Volumn 351, Issue , 2014, Pages 19-26

  Ng, Law Yong ^a   Mohammad, Abdul Wahab ^a   Ng, Ching Yin ^a   Leo, Choe Peng ^b   Rohani, Rosiah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Back flushing; Ionic strength; Membrane stability; Nanofiltration; Polyelectrolyte

Indexed keywords

IONIC STRENGTH; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; MULTILAYERS; NANOFILTRATION; POLYELECTROLYTES; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STABILITY;

BACK-FLUSHING; MEMBRANE STABILITY; MODIFIED MEMBRANES; PERFORMANCE STABILITY; POLYDIALLYLDIMETHYL AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; POLYELECTROLYTE MULTILAYER; POLYELECTROLYTE SOLUTIONS; SUPPORTING ELECTROLYTE;

NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES;

ELECTROLYTE; FLUSHING; MEMBRANE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84905264621     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2014.07.020     Document Type: Article

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