Permeabilities of methanol, ethanol and dimethyl ether in new composite membranes: A comparison with Nafion membranes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 289, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 51-57

  Xue, Song ^a   Yin, Geping ^a   Cai, Kedi ^a   Shao, Yuyan ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Dimethyl ether; Ethanol; Methanol; Permeability; Proton exchange membrane

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ETHANOL; ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; METHANOL; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; DIMETHYL ETHER; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE;

MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY;

ALCOHOL; DIMETHYL ETHER; METHANOL; PHOSPHOTUNGSTIC ACID; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ETHANOL; ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; METHANOL; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE STABILIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; SWELLING; TEMPERATURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 33846784051     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2006.11.036     Document Type: Article

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