pH Sensitivity of Ion Exchange through a Thin Film Composite Membrane in Forward Osmosis

Environmental Science and Technology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 177-182

  Arena, Jason T ^a   Chwatko, Malgorzata ^a   Robillard, Holly A ^a   McCutcheon, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; ION EXCHANGE; MEMBRANES; POSITIVE IONS; THIN FILMS;

CATION TRANSPORTS; EXTERNAL SOLUTIONS; FORWARD OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; MONOVALENT CATIONS; POLYAMIDE THIN FILMS; TECHNICAL CHALLENGES; THIN FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; THIN FILM COMPOSITES;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

EID: 84969203995     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23288930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.estlett.5b00138     Document Type: Article

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