tThe present study focuses on the aluminum oxide (Al2O3) and titanium oxide (TiO2) entrappedacrylonitrile–butadiene–styrene (ABS) membranes prepared from phase inversion method. The effectof Al2O3and TiO2nanoparticles on the hydrophilicity, tensile strength, thermal stability, permeate flux,and rejection of wastewater pollution indices was investigated. Some of the membranes were exposed toultraviolet (UV) irradiation. Al2O3and TiO2nanoparticles generally improved performance of the mem-branes. Thermal stability and tensile strength of the membranes were also enhanced in the presence ofthe nanoparticles. Increasing the nanoparticles concentration increased viscosity of the casting solutions.The UV irradiated membranes had better performance than the non-irradiated ones.

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