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Brine, Impurities, and Membrane Chlor-Alkali Cell Performance

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Modern Chlor-Alkali Technology

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For over 10 years Nafion* research has studied the effects of impurities on the performance of membrane chlor-alkali cells. The aim of this chapter is to summarize what we have learned about impurities: what impurities affect membranes, how impurities degrade performance, and approaches to dealing with impurities.

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Keating, J.T., Behling, KJ. (1990). Brine, Impurities, and Membrane Chlor-Alkali Cell Performance. In: Prout, N.M., Moorhouse, J.S. (eds) Modern Chlor-Alkali Technology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1137-6_12

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