Separations of Cyclic, Branched, and Linear Hydrocarbon Mixtures through Silicalite Membranes

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 137-143

  Funke, Hans H ^a   Argo, Andrew M ^a   Falconer, John L ^a   Noble, Richard D ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBONS; MEMBRANES; MIXTURES; MOLECULES; THERMAL EFFECTS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZEOLITES;

BRANCHED ALKANES; CYCLIC COMPOUNDS; LINEAR ALKANES; SILICALITE MEMBRANES;

ADSORPTION;

HYDROCARBONS; MEMBRANES; SEPARATION;

EID: 0030975731     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie960472f     Document Type: Article

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