한외여과막의 분획분자량을 결정하기 위하여 dead-end형 셀내에 평막을 설치하고 분자량 분포가 수천 내지 수백만의 혼합 dextran 수용액으로 투과 실험하였다. 원료 용액과 투과액을 GPC로 분석하여 각 분자량에 대한 배제율을 구하고 90% 배제율에 해당하는 dextran분자량을 분획분자량를 결정하였다. 투과압력을 0.5에서 2.0 bar까지 증가시킬 경우, Millipore사의 PBTK막은 63,000 내지 68,000 daltons로 10% 이내에서 변화하였지만 Millipore사의 PBQK 막 또는 (주)새한의 UE1812막의 분획분자량은 각각 3.5 및 4.3 배 증가하였다. 또한 투과액을 원료용액의 10내지 40%까지 분리막을 증가시키면서 배제율을 측정한 결과, PBTK의 분획분자량은 25% 증가하였다.

The Dongbok lake water before and after alum coagulation and activated carbon adsorption were analyzed in terms of organic contents, molecular weight distributuin (MWD), and UV-absorbance. Dissolved organic compounds in the Dongbok lake were fractionated into three molecular size classes by gel permeation chromatography. The fractionation was reasonably successful in isolating compounds with MW>10,000 (Fraction Ⅰ) and those with 3,000MW (Fraction Ⅲ. The bulk of the dissolved carbon was present in compounds of molecular weight in the range of 3,000∼10,000. Alum coagulation preferentially treated molecules of high molecular weight, which has molecules larger than 10,000. The dissolved organic carbon (DOC) removal after activated carbon adsorption was high in the Fraction Ⅱ, Ⅲ. The A_260/DOC ratio after alum and activated carbon treatment was high in the Fraction Ⅰ, Ⅱ. This results suggest that the organics remaining after each treatment has a trihalomethane formation potential