Transport in nanoporous carbon membranes: Experiments and analysis

AIChE Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 911-922

  Acharya, Madhav ^a,b   Foley, Henry C ^a  

^a University of Delaware   (United States)

^b MOBIL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CARBON; COATING TECHNIQUES; ENTHALPY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POROSIMETERS; POROUS MATERIALS; PYROLYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

EVERETT-POWL MEAN FIELD POTENTIAL; NANOPOROUS MATERIALS; SPRAY COATING; TRANSITION STATE THEORY;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

CARBON;

GAS FLOW; ORGANIC MEMBRANE; TRANSPORT;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CERAMICS; DIFFUSION; ENTHALPY; ENTROPY; GAS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR SIZE; NANOPARTICLE; POROSITY; PYROLYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0034117817     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690460506     Document Type: Article

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