Colloidal fouling of reverse osmosis membranes
โ Scribed by Michael T. Brunelle
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1980
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 543 KB
- Volume
- 32
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0011-9164
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โฆ Synopsis
Small colloidal particles intermediate in size between suspended solids, and true dissolved solids have been causing serious problems to many reverse osmosis systems throughout the world, These tiny negatively charged particles become concentrated at the surface of the membrane during the R-Oprocess and begin to coagulate,
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