Evaluating the performance of chitosan and chitosan-palm membrane for water treatment: preparation, characterization and purification study

In this research, the membranes were stemmed from biopolymer containing quaternary amine moieties (Chitosan and Chitosan-palm) for nanofiltration purposes. The developed fully featured using different characterization techniques (SEM), (TGA), zeta potential, contact angle measurement. membrane’s features systematically characterized in hydrophilicity angle, surface morphology, charge on surface, acidity, water permeability. permeability of chitosan membrane with palm was 3.04 ± 0.12 L m−2 h−1bar−1 twice as average pristine 1.68 0.04 m−2.h−1.bar−1. salt rejection enhanced (from 5% NaCl to 70% MgCl2 same condition). These could endure up 22 bar. Therefore, Chitosan chitosan-palm are more noteworthy treatment than other commercially available costly activated carbons.