Separation of CO 2 from CH 4 using polysulfone/ polyimide silica nanocomposite membranes

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 90, Issue , 2012, Pages 162-172

  Rafiq, Sikander ^a   Man, Zakaria ^a   Maulud, Abdulhalim ^a   Muhammad, Nawshad ^a   Maitra, Saikat ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

^b GOVERNMENT COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND CERAMIC TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Mixed matrix membranes; Polyimide; Polysulfone; Silica nano particles

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC MEMBRANES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED (FTIR) SPECTROSCOPIES; GAS SEPARATIONS; HYBRID MEMBRANE; IDEAL GAS; MIXED GAS; MIXED MATRIX MEMBRANES; PERMSELECTIVITIES; PHASE INVERSION TECHNIQUES; SILICA CONTENT; SILICA NANOCOMPOSITES; SILICA NANOPARTICLES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LOADING; POLYIMIDES; POLYSULFONES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEPARATION; SILICA; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

EID: 84858741345     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2012.02.031     Document Type: Article

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