Butane isomer transport properties of 6FDA-DAM and MFI-6FDA-DAM mixed matrix membranes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 343, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 157-163

  Liu, Junqiang ^a   Bae, Tae Hyun ^a   Qiu, Wulin ^a   Husain, Shabbir ^a   Nair, Sankar ^a   Jones, Christopher W ^a   Chance, Ronald R ^a   Koros, William J ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Butane isomer separation; Grignard treatment; High silica MFI; Mixed matrix membrane

Indexed keywords

BUTANE ISOMER SEPARATION; BUTANE ISOMERS; DEFECT-FREE; DIFFUSIVITIES; GLASSY POLYMERS; GRIGNARD; GRIGNARD TREATMENT; HIGH PERMEABILITY; HIGH SILICA MFI; MATRIX; MATRIX POLYMERS; MIXED MATRIX; MIXED MATRIX MEMBRANE; MIXED MATRIX MEMBRANES; POLYMER MEMBRANE; SOLID LOADING;

BUTANE; CAPILLARITY; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; DAMS; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; ISOMERS; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; POLYMERS; SEPARATION; SILICA; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ZEOLITES;

POLYMER FILMS;

BUTANE; GLASS; GRIGNARD REAGENT; MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE; POLYMER; ZEOLITE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; PARTICLE SIZE; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUBILITY; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

EID: 68949194428     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2009.07.018     Document Type: Article

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