Surface Modification of TFC-PA RO Membrane by Grafting Hydrophilic pH Switchable Poly(Acrylic Acid) Brushes

Table 1

Comparison of present work with the literature.

Monomer used on TFC-PA membrane	Feed pressure (kPa)	Flux (l m^-2·hr^-1)	Salt rejection (%)	References
PAA	3309			Present work
PAA	3447			67
NIPAM/ZnO	6900	43 to 41	89% and 92%	68
PVA crosslinked with glutaraldehyde	500	40 to 30	85 to 87%	69
PSBMA	1500 to 4500	13 to 38	83 to 95.5	31