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Volume 2009 (2009), Article ID 624012
doi:10.3814/2009/624012
Research Article
Fouling of Ultrafiltration Membranes during Isolation of Hemicelluloses in the Forest Industry
Tobias Persson
and
Ann-Sofi Jönsson
Department of Chemical Engineering, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, 221 00 Lund, Sweden
Received 2008-07-01
Revised 2009-02-12
Accepted 2009-03-19
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