Microfabricated palladium-silver alloy membranes and their application in hydrogen separation

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 43, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 4182-4187

  Tong, H D ^a   Gielens, F C ^b   Gardeniers, J G E ^a   Jansen, H V ^a   Van Rijn, C J M ^c   Elwenspoek, M C ^a   Nijdam, W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c AQUAMARIJN MICRO FILTRATION B V   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEHYDROGENATION; HYDROGEN; PERMSELECTIVE MEMBRANES; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SEPARATION; SILICON WAFERS;

ALLOY MEMBRANES; MICROFABRICATION;

PALLADIUM ALLOYS;

ALLOY; HELIUM; HYDROGEN; PALLADIUM; SILVER;

GAS SEPARATION; HYDROGEN; MEMBRANE; PALLADIUM ALLOY; SEPARATION;

ARTICLE; DEHYDROGENATION; MEMBRANE; MICROFABRICATED MEMBRANE; PRESSURE; PROTON TRANSPORT; PURIFICATION; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 3242737465     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie034293r     Document Type: Article

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