Characterization of flow-through micropores in MFI membranes by permporometry

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 417-418, Issue , 2012, Pages 183-192

  Korelskiy, Danil ^a   Grahn, Mattias ^a   Mouzon, Johanne ^a   Hedlund, Jonas ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Characterization; Defect; Membrane; MFI; Percolation; Permporometry

Indexed keywords

FLOWTHROUGH; HELIUM FLOW; MEMBRANE AREA; MFI; MFI MEMBRANES; MFI ZEOLITE MEMBRANES; MICROPORES; N-HEXANE; PERCOLATION THEORY; PERMPOROMETRY; ZEOLITE PORES;

ADSORBATES; BENZENE; CHARACTERIZATION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; HELIUM; HEXANE; MEMBRANES; MICROPOROSITY; PERCOLATION (SOLID STATE); SOLVENTS;

DEFECTS;

1,3,5 TRIMETHYLBENZENE; HELIUM; HEXANE; ZEOLITE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; MICROPORE FILTER; PERMPOROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE;

EID: 84864813013     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2012.06.049     Document Type: Article

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