Research Article
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 |
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