Synthesis, characterization and reactive separation activity of acid-functionalized silicalite-1 catalytic membrane in m-xylene isomerization

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 360, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 109-122

  Yeong, Yin Fong ^a   Abdullah, Ahmad Zuhairi ^a   Ahmad, Abdul Latif ^a   Bhatia, Subhash ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Acid functionalized silicalite 1 membrane; Catalytic activity; M Xylene isomerization; P Xylene yield; Reactive separation; Synthesis

Indexed keywords

CATALYTIC ACTIVITY; FUNCTIONALIZED; M-XYLENE; P-XYLENE; REACTIVE SEPARATION; SILICALITE-1 MEMBRANE;

ACIDS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSORS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; ISOMERIZATION; ISOMERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILANES; SILICATE MINERALS; STABILITY; TEMPERATURE PROGRAMMED DESORPTION; TERNARY SYSTEMS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; XYLENE;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

3 MERCAPTOPROPYLTRIMETHOXYSILANE; ARENESULFONIC ACID; META XYLENE; PARA XYLENE; PHENETHYLTRIMETHOXYSILANE; PROPYLSULFONIC ACID; SILANE DERIVATIVE; SILICALITE 1; SILICON DIOXIDE; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; ISOMERIZATION; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE;

EID: 77954218871     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2010.05.009     Document Type: Article

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