A parametric study on the synergistic impacts of chemical additives on permeation properties of thin film composite polyamide membrane

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 535, Issue , 2017, Pages 248-257

  Khorshidi, Behnam ^a   Thundat, Thomas ^a   Pernitsky, David ^a   Sadrzadeh, Mohtada ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Interfacial polymerization reaction; Nanofiltration; Reverse osmosis; Taguchi; Thin film composite membrane

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ETHANOLAMINES; MEMBRANES; MONOMERS; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOFILTRATION; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PERMEATION; POLYMERIZATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; SODIUM SULFATE; SOLUTIONS; TAGUCHI METHODS; THIN FILMS; TRIETHANOLAMINE;

ADDITIVE CONCENTRATIONS; CAMPHORSULFONIC ACID; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE (DMSO); INTERFACIAL POLYMERIZATION; MINIMUM SENSITIVITIES; PERMEATION PROPERTIES; THIN FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; UNCONTROLLABLE FACTORS;

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES;

AMINE; CAMPHORSULFONIC ACID; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; MONOMER; POLYAMIDE; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TRIETHYLAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FILM; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NOISE; PH; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADDITIVES; COMPOSITES; PENETRATION; POLYAMIDES; SODIUM SULFATE; SYNTHESIS; THIN FILMS;

EID: 85018746543     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2017.04.052     Document Type: Article

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