The porous structure of the fully-aromatic polyamide film in reverse osmosis membranes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 475, Issue , 2015, Pages 504-510

  Yan, Hao ^a   Miao, Xiaopei ^a   Xu, Jian ^a   Pan, Guoyuan ^a   Zhang, Yang ^a   Shi, Yuanteng ^a   Guo, Min ^a   Liu, Yiqun ^a  

^a SINOPEC BEIJING RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL INDUSTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Dense layer; Fully aromatic polyamide; Interfacial polymerization; Porous structure; Reverse osmosis

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIZATION; POLYMERIZATION; POROSITY; REVERSE OSMOSIS;

AROMATIC POLYAMIDES; BARRIER LAYERS; DENSE LAYER; FORMING MECHANISM; INTERFACIAL POLYMERIZATION; POROUS STRUCTURES; SEM OBSERVATION; STRUCTURE MODELING;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

AROMATIC POLYAMIDE;

ARTICLE; FILM; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; POLYMERIZATION; POROSITY; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84911191479     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2014.10.052     Document Type: Article

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