Gas transport properties of thin polymeric membranes in the presence of silicon dioxide particles

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 143-163

  Moaddeb, Maryam ^a,b   Koros, William J ^b  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceramic membranes; Composite membranes; Diffusion; Gas separations; Microporous membranes

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; OXYGEN; POLYMER; SILICATE; SILICON DIOXIDE; ZEOLITE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CERAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; FILTRATION; GAS TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DIFFUSION IN GASES; MEMBRANES; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POROUS MATERIALS; SILICA; THIN FILMS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CERAMIC MEMBRANES; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; GAS SEPARATIONS; MICROPOROUS MEMBRANES;

POLYMERIC MEMBRANES;

DIFFUSION; MEMBRANES; SEPARATION-GAS/GAS;

EID: 0030617255     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-7388(96)00251-7     Document Type: Article

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