RO antiscalants are specialty chemicals that are added upstream of a reverse osmosis membrane system. These scale inhibitor chemicals are designed to prevent or slow-down mineral scale formation on the membrane surface.
Antiscalant chemicals are used to prevent the scaling & fouling of the RO membranes. Scale may consist of mineral fouling such as calcium sulfate, calcium carbonate, barium sulfate, silica, calcium fluoride, and strontium sulfate.