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Polymer Membranes for Wastewater Treatment

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Advanced Removal Techniques for Dye-containing Wastewaters

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In the present running century, a most challenging and serious problem for the world is to provide pure and clean water to the ever-increasing population. Among the various wastewater treatment technologies, membrane technology dominates mainly for two reasons, cost-effectiveness and enhanced efficiencies. Furthermore, among the various membranes, the polymermembranes present outstanding economical and practical applications in the treatment of wastewater coming out of different industries and markets. Polymer membranes are extensively applied for water softening, desalination, softening of municipal wastewater, purification of industrial wastewater and for ultra-pure water production. In the present chapter, various membranes were discussed for the elimination of different kinds of positive- and negative-charged dyes from aqueous solutions. As a result of having fascinating properties, the polymer membranes may provide new perspectives in the improvement of some novel as well as smart polymer membranes for the remediation of various contaminated water bodies.

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The Higher Education Commission of Pakistan is gratefully acknowledged for financial support under the Project Number 7309.

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  1. Polymer Laboratory, National Centre of Excellence in Physical Chemistry, University of Peshawar, Peshawar, 25120, Pakistan

    Sher Ali Khan & Luqman Ali Shah

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Khan, S.A., Shah, L.A. (2021). Polymer Membranes for Wastewater Treatment. In: Muthu, S.S., Khadir, A. (eds) Advanced Removal Techniques for Dye-containing Wastewaters. Sustainable Textiles: Production, Processing, Manufacturing & Chemistry. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-3164-1_6

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