Adsorptive separation of ethylene/ethane mixtures using carbon nanotubes: A molecular dynamics study

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 46, Issue 39, 2013, Pages

  Tian, Xingling ^a   Wang, Zhigang ^b   Yang, Zaixing ^c   Xiu, Peng ^c   Zhou, Bo ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTIVE SEPARATION; COMPETITIVE ADSORPTION; DISPERSION INTERACTION; ENVIRONMENTALLY BENIGN; EQUIMOLAR MIXTURES; ETHYLENE/ETHANE SEPARATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE (SWNTS);

ATOMS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; ETHANE; ETHYLENE; MIXTURES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

SEPARATION;

EID: 84884684422     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/46/39/395302     Document Type: Article

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