Hyperfiltration of surfactants containing solutions from the plating industry

Abstract

The hyperfiltration of chromic plating rinse water, which contains a special type of surfactant, was examined using different annealed CA membranes. At low concentrations the surfactant influences the volume flow more than the rejection. An effect of the electrolytes can be neglected at low concentration. Increasing surfactant concentration as well as rising electrolyte concentration cause a remarkable drop of both volume flow and electrolyte rejection. This was measured with tetraethylammonium perfluoroctanolsulfonate, a commonly used surfactant for chromic plating.