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Textbook (Source) : Membrane Technology and applications (Richard W. Baker, John Wiley & Sons, 2                 nd  Ed)


                                   Historical Development of Membranes








                                  •    (1748) Abbé Nolet coined the word ‘Osmosis’

                                  •    (1887) van’t Hoff used membrane to develop

                                       physical/chemical theories  van’t Hoff equation

                                  •    (1907) Collodion (nitrocellulose) membranes













                                  •    (1930s) Microporous collodion membranes were

                                       commercially available

                                  •    (1940s) Microfiltration membranes such as cellulose

                                       acetate membrane  test of drinking water at World

                                       War II (Millipore Corp.)

                                  •    (1960s) The Loeb-Sourirajan membranes (reverse

                                       osmosis, RO) (Lab  Industry)
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