Enhanced propylene/propane separation by thermal annealing of an intrinsically microporous hydroxyl-functionalized polyimide membrane

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 495, Issue , 2015, Pages 235-241

  Swaidan, Ramy J ^a   Ma, Xiaohua ^a   Litwiller, Eric ^a   Pinnau, Ingo ^a  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Plasticization; Polyimide; Polymers of intrinsic microporosity; Propylene propane separation; Thermal annealing

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; CHARGE TRANSFER; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; DISTILLATION; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); IONIZATION OF GASES; MICROPOROSITY; POLYIMIDES; POLYMERS; SEPARATION;

CHARGE TRANSFER COMPLEX; COMPETITIVE SORPTION; CRYOGENIC DISTILLATIONS; PLASTICIZATION; POLYMERS OF INTRINSIC MICROPOROSITIES; PROPYLENE/PROPANE SEPARATION; SOLUTION PROCESSABLE; THERMAL-ANNEALING;

PROPYLENE;

HYDROXYL GROUP; PLASTICIZER; POLYIMIDE; PROPANE; PROPYLENE; TETRAHYDROFURAN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GAS PERMEABILITY; GAS TRANSPORT; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYBRID; ISOTHERM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATIC ELECTRICITY; STEADY STATE; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRY;

EID: 84939618676     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2015.08.015     Document Type: Article

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