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. 2017 Jan 19;42(3):1791–1799. doi: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.09.163

Table 1.

Concentration of cations and anions measured in the catholyte obtained from the different FFC MFCs.

Concentration g/l Na+ NH4+ K+ Ca2+ Mg2+ Cl PO43 SO4
FFC Thin 1.7 ± 0.07 4.2 ± 0.4 2.1 ± 0.1 0.015 ± 0.004 0.0077 ± 0.005 1 ± 0.03 1.01 ± 0.06 1.13 ± 0.08
FFC Thin OCV 1.9 ± 0.07 5.0 ± 0.3 1.9 ± 0.2 0.013 0.003 1.21 1.12 1.35
FFC Medium 2.34 ± 0.3 4.6 ± 0.2 3.0 ± 0.3 0.015 ± 0.004 0.003 0.8 ± 0.04 0.85 ± 0.08 0.88 ± 0.02
FFC Medium OCV 2 ± 0.08 3.5 ± 0.2 2.4 ± 0.2 0.016 0.003 0.95 1.0 1.1
FFC Thick 2.1 ± 0.15 4.2 ± 0.18 2.8 ± 0.2 0.025 ± 0.0004 0.007 0.64 ± 0.05 0.78 ± 0.01 0.81 ± 0.01
FFC Thick OCV 2.4 ± 0.1 5.1 ± 0.3 2.8 ± 0.2 0.036 ± 0.001 0.009
Urine 1.9 ± 0.005 5.6 ± 0.04 2.9 ± 0.18 0.09 ± 0.004 0.046 ± 0.02 0.99 ± 0.02 0.73 ± 0.02 0.86 ± 0.02