Sintering and oxygen permeation studies of La0.6Sr0.4Co0.2Fe0.8O3-δ ceramic membranes with improved purity

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 31, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 2931-2938

  Zou, Yuan ^a   Zhou, Wei ^b   Liu, Shaomin ^c   Shao, Zongping ^a  

^a NANJING TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Grain boundaries; Impurities; Membranes; Oxygen permeation; Sintering

Indexed keywords

BALL-MILLED; GRAIN SIZE; HIGH PURITY; IMPURITY PHASIS; LOW LEVEL; MEMBRANE DENSITY; OXYGEN DIFFUSION; OXYGEN PERMEABILITY; OXYGEN PERMEATION; OXYGEN-PERMEATION FLUX; SINTERING TEMPERATURES; STARTING POWDERS;

BALL MILLING; CERAMIC MEMBRANES; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; IMPURITIES; MEMBRANES; MILLING (MACHINING); MILLING MACHINES; OXYGEN; OXYGEN PERMEABLE MEMBRANES; PERMEATION; POWDERS;

SINTERING;

EID: 80052375561     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2011.07.028     Document Type: Article

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