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There is a growing amount of evidence that the simultaneous presence of Aluminum cations at low concentration and silicate species has a detrimental and costly impact on RO membranes. Dr. Jean Jacques Lagref and Ing. Ozgencil Haci look at the need to manage aluminum in membrane filtration processes for cost control by selectively sequestering dissolved Aluminum traces with chelating agents using the highest Antiscalant quality product.
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