Synthesis, characterisation and gas permeation studies on microporous silica and alumina-silica membranes for separation of propane and propylene

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 161-169

  Nair, Balagopal N ^a,b   Keizer, Klaas ^a   Elferink, Wilma J ^a   Gilde, Melis J ^a   Verweij, Henk ^a   Burggraaf, Anthonie J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b Japan High Polymer Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gas separation; Microporous; Silica membrane; Sol gel process; Surface selectivity

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDE; HELIUM; PROPANE; PROPYLENE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; GAS TRANSPORT; MEMBRANE FILTER; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

ALUMINA; PERFORMANCE; PERMSELECTIVE MEMBRANES; POROUS MATERIALS; PROPANE; PROPYLENE; SEPARATION; SILICA; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

MICROPOROUS MATERIALS;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

MEMBRANES-CERAMIC; SEPARATION-GAS/GAS;

EID: 0030573550     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0376-7388(96)00036-1     Document Type: Article

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