TY - GEN A1 - Kuhn, Ramona A1 - Vornholt, Carsten A1 - Preuß, Volker A1 - Bryant, Isaac Mbir A1 - Martienssen, Marion T1 - Aminophosphonates in Nanofiltration and Reverse Osmosis Permeates T2 - Membranes N2 - Aminophosphonates such as aminotris(methylenephosphonic acid) (ATMP) are common constituents of antiscalants. In nanofiltration (NF) and reverse osmosis (RO) processes, ATMP prevents inorganic scaling leading to more stable membrane performance. So far, little attention has been paid to the possible permeation of aminophosphonates through NF and RO membranes. We have investigated the permeability of these membrane types for ATMP and its potential metabolites iminodi(methylenephosphonic acid) (IDMP) and amino(methylenephosphonic acid) (AMPA) with two different NF membranes (TS40 and TS80) and one RO membrane (ACM2) and three different water compositions (ultra-pure water, synthetic tap water and local tap water). We found traces of phosphonates in all investigated permeates. The highest phosphonate rejection occurred with local tap water for all three membranes investigated. Filtration experiments with a technical antiscalant formulation containing ATMP indicated similar trends of phosphonate permeability through all three membranes. We assume that the separation mechanisms of the membranes are the results of a very complex relationship between physico-chemical properties such as Donnan exclusion, feed pH, feed ionic strength and feed concentration, as well as solute–solute interactions. KW - ATMP KW - AMPA KW - phosphonates KW - nanofiltration KW - reverse osmosis KW - antiscalant KW - drinking water treatment Y1 - 2021 UR - https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-UBICO/frontdoor/index/index/docId/27574 SN - 2077-0375 VL - 11 IS - 6 SP - 1 EP - 16 ER -