Structural and mechanical characterizations of microporous silica-boron membranes for gas separation

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 326, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 514-525

  Barboiu, C ^a,b   Sala, B ^a,b   Bec, S ^c   Pavan, S ^c   Petit, E ^b   Colomban, Ph ^d   Sanchez, J ^b   de Perthuis, S ^a   Hittner, D ^a  

^a AREVA NP   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DE TRIBOLOGIE ET DYNAMIQUE DES SYSTÈMES   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Gas separation; Microporous silica boron membrane; Structural and mechanical characterizations; Thermal expansion

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA SUPPORTS; COEFFICIENT OF THERMAL EXPANSIONS; GAS SEPARATION; INTERNAL SURFACES; MAS-NMR; MICROPOROUS SILICA MEMBRANES; MICROPOROUS SILICA-BORON MEMBRANE; MODIFIED LAYERS; PURE MATERIALS; SOL - GELS; STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; TETRAHEDRAL FRAMEWORKS; TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURES;

BORON; BORON COMPOUNDS; COLLOIDS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GASES; GELATION; HELIUM; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MEMBRANES; MICROPOROSITY; NONMETALS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OXIDES; SEPARATION; SILICA; SOL-GEL PROCESS; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMAL SPRAYING; THERMAL STRESS;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; BORON; CARBON DIOXIDE; HELIUM; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; GAS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE; THICKNESS;

EID: 58149295507     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2008.10.052     Document Type: Article

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