Permeation and strength characteristics of macroporous supports for gas separation produced by co-sintering mixtures of α-alumina and kaolin

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 463, Issue , 2014, Pages 126-133

  Donelson, Richard ^a   Paul, Gary ^a   Ciacchi, Fabio ^a   Badwal, Sukhvinder ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Membrane support structures; Mullite alumina composites; Porous ceramics

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDE; CLAY; COALESCENCE; KAOLIN; LIQUID PHASE SINTERING; MIXTURES; MULLITE; PARALLEL FLOW; PORE SIZE; POWDERS; SINTERED ALUMINA;

FRACTURE SURFACES; GAS SEPARATION MEMBRANE; MACROPOROUS SUPPORT; MEMBRANE SUPPORTS; MULLITE-ALUMINA; POROUS CERAMICS; SINTERING TEMPERATURES; STRENGTH CHARACTERISTICS;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; KAOLIN;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION; GAS PERMEABILITY; GEOMETRY; GRAVITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYPERBARISM; MEMBRANE REACTOR; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STOICHIOMETRY;

EID: 84908308644     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2014.03.043     Document Type: Article

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