Novel nanofiltration membranes consisting of a sulfonated pentablock copolymer rejection layer for heavy metal removal

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 13880-13887

  Thong, Zhiwei ^a   Han, Gang ^a   Cui, Yue ^a   Gao, Jie ^a   Chung, Tai Shung ^a   Chan, Sui Yung ^a   Wei, Shawn ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b TotalEnergies Ep Research and Technology US   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METALS; METAL IONS; NANOFILTRATION; NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES; PORE SIZE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

COMPOSITE NF MEMBRANES; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT CUTOFF; PENTABLOCK COPOLYMERS; PURE WATER PERMEABILITIES; REMOVAL OF HEAVY METAL IONS; STRINGENT REGULATIONS; WASTEWATER DISCHARGE;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

ANION; CADMIUM; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; COPOLYMER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; NANOCOMPOSITE; NICKEL; NICKEL CHLORIDE; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; ZINC; ZINC CHLORIDE; ZINC ION; ALKANESULFONIC ACID; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; ION; POLYMER; WASTE WATER; WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

COMPOSITE; FILTRATION; HEAVY METAL; MEMBRANE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYMER; PORE SPACE; WASTEWATER; WATER FLOW;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; MEMBRANE FILTER; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOFILTRATION; NANOPORE; PARTICLE SIZE; SULFONATION; WATER PERMEABILITY; WATER TRANSPORT; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PERMEABILITY; PROCEDURES; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALKANESULFONATES; IONS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; METALS, HEAVY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PERMEABILITY; POLYMERS; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTE WATER; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84918827173     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es5031239     Document Type: Article

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