Waste-to-resource preparation of a porous ceramic membrane support featuring elongated mullite whiskers with enhanced porosity and permeance

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 711-721

  Zhu, Li ^a   Dong, Yingchao ^a   Hampshire, Stuart ^b   Cerneaux, Sophie ^c   Winnubst, Louis ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ceramic membrane support; Mechanical strength; Mullite whiskers; Permeance; Porosity

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; CERAMIC MEMBRANES; MEMBRANES; MOLYBDENUM OXIDE; MULLITE; PORE SIZE; POROSITY; SILICATE MINERALS; SINTERING; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

MEMBRANE SUPPORTS; MULLITE WHISKERS; OPEN POROSITY; PARTICLE PACKINGS; PERMEANCE; POROUS CERAMIC MEMBRANES; POROUS STRUCTURES; SINTERING PROCEDURES;

FLUORINE COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84908307676     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: 1873619X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2014.09.016     Document Type: Article

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