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Desalination and Water Treatment Volume 5, 2009 - Issue 1-3
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Comparing the desalination performance of SMM blended polyethersulfone to SMM blended polyetherimide membranes by direct contact membrane distillation

M. Qtaishat Chemical Engineering Department, University of Jordan, Amman, 19942, Jordan Phone: +962 6 535 5000, ext. 22902 Fax: +962 6 535 5000, ext. 22902
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T. Matsuura Industrial Membrane Research Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Ottawa, 161 Louis Pasteur, PO Box 450, Stn. A, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5, Canada
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M. Khayet Faculty of Physics I, University Complutense of Madrid, Av. Complutense s/n, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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K.C. Khulbe Industrial Membrane Research Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Ottawa, 161 Louis Pasteur, PO Box 450, Stn. A, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5, Canada
Pages 91-98 | Received 31 Aug 2008, Accepted 12 Apr 2009, Published online: 03 Aug 2012

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