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Copper cation transport and scaling of ionic exchange membranes using electrodialysis under electroconvection conditions Jih-Hsing Chang a , *, Amanda V. Ellisb, Cheng-Hung Tung c, Wen-Chi Huang d aDepartment of Environmental Engineering and Management, Chaoyang University of Technology, 168 JiFong E. Rd., WuFong Township, 41349 Taichung County, Taiwan bCentre for Nanoscale Science and Technology, School of Chemistry, Physics and Earth Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia cDepartment of Environmental Engineering, National Chung Hsing University, 250, Kuo Kuang Road, Taichung, dDepartment of Environmental Engineering and Management, Chaoyang University of Technology, 168 JiFong E. Rd., WuFong Township, 41349 Taichung County, Taiwan Corresponding Author: Jih-Hsing Chang Address: Department of Environmental Engineering and Management, Chaoyang University of Technology, 168 GiFeng East Road, WuFong Hsiang, 413 Taichung County, Taiwan Email: changjh@cyut.edu.tw Telephone No: 886-4Ext 4210 Fax No: 886-4Abstract Here we report on the removal efficiency of copper cations from model Cu2+ ion wastewater by electrodialysis (ED) under electroconvection conditions. Experiments were conducted on commercial ionic exchange membranes (IEMs). Results are presented on the copper cation transport properties through a cation exchange membrane (CEM) showing that Cu2+ ions can penetrate a copper-saturated CEM and still maintain a stable cation removal efficiency rate. We use field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) to analyze the scale formed on the IEMs after ED treatment. XRD results show that the scaling on the IEMs is Cu(OH)2 and/or CuO potentially formed from the reaction of Cu2+ ions with hydrolysis products. In particular, results show that the anion exchange membranes (AEMs) are the most prone to scaling which results in a decrease in the overall ion removal efficiency of the ED sy