Critical evaluation of the determination methods for transparent exopolymer particles, agents of membrane fouling

Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 167-192

  Discart, V ^a   Bilad, M R ^a   Vankelecom, Ivo F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alcian blue; Biofouling; Membrane fouling; Transparent exopolymer particles

Indexed keywords

BIOFOULING; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; POLLUTION;

ALCIAN BLUES; CRITICAL EVALUATION; DETERMINATION METHODS; TRANSPARENT EXOPOLYMER PARTICLES;

MEMBRANE FOULING;

ALCIAN BLUE; MICROSPHERE; NANOPARTICLE; POLYCARBONATE; TRANSPARENT EXOPOLYMER PARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOFOULING; CLASSIFICATION; DYE; MEMBRANE; TRANSPARENT EXOPOLYMER PARTICLE; VALUATION;

ACIDITY; ALLDREDGE METHOD; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARRUDA FATIBELLO METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DOUBLE STAINING METHOD; DRY WEIGHT; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PASSOW AND ALLDREDGE METHOD; PH; STAINING; THORNTON METHOD; VILLACORTE METHOD;

EID: 84986921962     PISSN: 10643389     EISSN: 15476537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10643389.2013.829982     Document Type: Article

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