Yehia Aly Shebl Aly Soliman <br/><br/>
Enhancement of thin film composite R.O membrane properties using Inorganic nanoparticles /  
 تحسين خواص أغشية الضغط الإسموزى العكسي باستخدام مواد نانومترية غير عضوية  
Yehia Aly Shebl Aly Soliman ; Supervised Mohamed Saada Eldeab , Hosam Ahmed Shawky 
 - Cairo :   Yehia Aly Shebl Aly Soliman ,   2018 
 - 184 P. :   charts ;   25cm 
<br/><br/>Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Science - Department of Inorganic Chemistry 
<br/><br/> This thesis was conducted for the purpose of enhancement of RO membrane performance, where MgSiO₃ NPs were attached to the surface of TFC membrane with AMPS monomer as a bridging agent via free radical grafting technique. MgSiO₃ NPs modified AMPS-g-TFC membrane showed superior mechanical and thermal stabilities while it has a high hydrophilic surface, as the contact angle with water reached (~45.9).Microscopic and morphology of modified nanocomposite membrane were examined using FT-IR, XRD, and SEM. Also water flux were assessed, which gave about 28.2 L/m2.h, and a salt rejection of 95.5% for a feed saline water (2000 ppm of NaCl) at an applied pressure about 15 bar with a 32% increase in water flux comparing to the pristine TFC membrane. Results demonstrates that the MgSiO₃ NPs modified AMPS-g-TFC membrane could remarkably enhance selectivity, water permeability and surface hydrophilic characters of RO membrane 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Desalination Reverse Osmosis  TFC membrane