Matter transport due to concentration gradients in unselective porous membranes: Fundamental and experimental aspects

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 191-206

  Mita, D G ^a,b   Rossi, S ^a   Bencivenga, U ^a   Pagliuca, N ^a   D'Acunto, A ^a   Peluso, F ^a   Gaeta, F S ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND BIOPHYSICS ADRIANO BUZZATI TRAVERSO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c MARS srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

Concentration gradients; Matter transport; Unselective porous membranes

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; ELECTROLYTES; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MEMBRANES; MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE; SOLUTIONS; SOLVENTS; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

CHEMICAL POTENTIAL; CONCENTRATION GRADIENTS; IMPEDING VOLUME FLUX; MATTER TRANSPORT; TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURES; UNSELECTIVE POROUS MEMBRANES; VAN'T HOFF OSMOTIC PRESSURES;

MASS TRANSFER;

ELECTROLYTE;

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MEMBRANE MODEL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ELECTROLYTES; HYDROPHOBIC POROUS MEMBRANES; MASS TRANSFER; MEMBRANES;

EID: 0029672243     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0376-7388(96)00016-6     Document Type: Article

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