A cellulose acetate/multi-walled carbon nanotube mixed matrix membrane for CO2/N2 separation

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 451, Issue , 2014, Pages 55-66

  Ahmad, A L ^a   Jawad, Z A ^a,b   Low, S C ^a   Zein, S H S ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Functionalization; Gas separation; Loadings of MWCNTs; Mixed matrix membrane; Multi walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs)

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; FUNCTIONALIZED MWCNTS; GAS PERMEATION MEASUREMENTS; GAS SEPARATIONS; HOMOGENEOUS DISPERSIONS; MIXED MATRIX MEMBRANES; PHYSICAL MORPHOLOGY; SEPARATION MEMBRANES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CELLULOSE; LOADING; SEPARATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CELLULOSE ACETATE; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; NITROGEN;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DISPERSION; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; MIXED MATRIX MEMBRANE; MORPHOLOGY; PHASE SEPARATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84886258937     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2013.09.043     Document Type: Article

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