Novel polymer matrix composite membrane doped with fumed silica particles for reverse osmosis desalination

Desalination

Volumn 368, Issue , 2015, Pages 159-170

  Sabir, Aneela ^a   Islam, Atif ^a   Shafiq, Muhammad ^a   Shafeeq, Amir ^a   Butt, Muhammad Taqi Zahid ^a   Ahmad, Nasir M ^b   Sanaullah, Khairuddin ^c   Jamil, Tahir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Desalination; Fumed silica particles; Polymer matrix composite membrane; Reverse osmosis

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; DESALINATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELASTIC MODULI; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GLASS TRANSITION; MEMBRANES; OSMOSIS; PERMEATION; POLYMER MATRIX; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICA; SOLUTIONS; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

CELLULOSE ACETATES; FUMED SILICA PARTICLES; NACL AQUEOUS SOLUTION; OPERATING PRESSURE; OPTIMUM PERFORMANCE; PERMEATION FLUXES; REVERSE OSMOSIS DESALINATION; TYPICAL MORPHOLOGY;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 84988241282     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2014.12.041     Document Type: Article

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