Preparation and properties of nanocomposite polysulfone/multi-walled carbon nanotubes membranes for desalination

Desalination

Volumn 367, Issue , 2015, Pages 134-144

  Khalid, Arsalan ^a   Al Juhani, Abdulhadi A ^a   Al Hamouz, Othman Charles ^a   Laoui, Tahar ^a   Khan, Zafarullah ^a   Atieh, Mautaz Ali ^b  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^b HAMAD BIN KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Desalination; Dodecylamine; Membrane fouling; Multi walled carbon nanotubes; Polymer compatibility; Polysulfone membranes

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONTACT ANGLE; DESALINATION; GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; HYDROPHILICITY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MAMMALS; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTUBES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

CONTACT ANGLE GONIOMETRY; DODECYL AMINES; NANO-COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; PHASE INVERSION PROCESS; POLYSULFONE MEMBRANES; PROTEIN FOULING RESISTANCES; SURFACE HYDROPHILICITY; THERMAL GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

CARBON; COMPOSITE; DESALINATION; FOULING; MEMBRANE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYMER; SURFACE AREA;

BOVINAE;

EID: 84926612166     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2015.04.001     Document Type: Article

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