Degradation of polyamide nanofiltration and reverse osmosis membranes by hypochlorite

• Main Authors: Tang, Chuyang Y., Reinhard, Martin, Leckie, James O., Do, Van Thanh
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering; DRNTU::Engineering::Environmental engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/100487; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/16241
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The degradation of polyamide (PA) nanofiltration and reverse osmosis membranes by chlorine needs to be understood in order to develop chlorine-resistant membranes. Coated and uncoated fully aromatic (FA) and piperazine (PIP) semi-aromatic PA membranes were treated with hypochlorite solution and anal...