The effects of fabrication and annealing on the structure and hydrogen permeation of Pd-Au binary alloy membranes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 340, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 227-233

  Gade, Sabina K ^a   Payzant, E Andrew ^b   Park, Helen J ^a   Thoen, Paul M ^a   Way, J Douglas ^a  

^a Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroless plating; Hydrogen separation; Metal membranes; Palladium membranes; Palladium gold alloy

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; GAS PERMEATION MEASUREMENTS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDRIDE PHASE FORMATION; HYDROGEN PERMEABILITY; HYDROGEN PERMEATION; HYDROGEN PURIFICATION; HYDROGEN SEPARATION; METAL MEMBRANES; PALLADIUM MEMBRANE; PALLADIUM MEMBRANES; PALLADIUM-GOLD ALLOY; PRE-TREATMENT; SEM/EDS; SURFACE LAYERS; TRACE AMOUNTS; XRD;

ALLOYS; CAPILLARITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COLD WORKING; ELECTROLESS PLATING; GOLD; GOLD ALLOYS; HYDROGEN; METAL REFINING; PALLADIUM; PERMEATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SULFUR; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

ALLOY; GOLD; HYDROGEN; PALLADIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPLATING INDUSTRY; GAS PERMEABILITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; METALLURGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 67649313164     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2009.05.034     Document Type: Article

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