Preparation of porous aluminium oxide (Al2O3) hollow fibre membranes by a combined phase-inversion and sintering method

Ceramics International

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 875-881

  Liu, Shaomin ^a   Li, K ^b   Hughes, R ^c  

^a Inst of Environ Sci/Engineering   (Singapore)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ceramic membranes; D. Al2O3; Hollow fibres

Indexed keywords

FIBERS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POROUS MATERIALS; SINTERING;

CERAMIC MEMBRANES;

ALUMINA;

EID: 0141920440     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-8842(03)00030-0     Document Type: Article

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