Membranes based on cellulose nanofibers and activated carbon for removal of Escherichia coli bacteria from water

Polymers

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2017, Pages

  Hassan, Mohammad ^a   Abou Zeid, Ragab ^a   Hassan, Enas ^a   Berglund, Linn ^b   Aitomäki, Yvonne ^b   Oksman, Kristiina ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Cellulose nanofibers; E. coli; Membrane; Palm fruit stalks; Water purification

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT; BACTERIA; CELLULOSE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRUITS; NANOFIBERS; POROSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER TREATMENT;

CELLULOSE NANOFIBERS; E. COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI BACTERIA; HIGHER EFFICIENCY; ISOPROPYL ALCOHOLS; PALM FRUIT STALKS; THIN FILM MEMBRANE; WATER PURIFICATION;

MEMBRANES;

ACTIVATED CARBON; BACTERIA; CELLULOSE FIBERS; CROSS LINKING; FILTER PAPERS; WATER;

EID: 85026744622     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/polym9080335     Document Type: Article

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