Enhancement of the gas separation properties of polyurethane membranes by alumina nanoparticles

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 479, Issue , 2015, Pages 11-19

  Ameri, Elham ^a   Sadeghi, Morteza ^b   Zarei, Najme ^a   Pournaghshband, Ali ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Al2O3 nanoparticles; Gas permeability; Permselectivity; Polyurethane; Separation performance

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; CARBON DIOXIDE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GAS PERMEABILITY; NANOPARTICLES; POLYURETHANES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEPARATION;

ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTION FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; HEXAMETHYLENE DIISOCYANATE; NANO-COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; PERMSELECTIVITIES; POLYTETRAMETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYURETHANE MEMBRANES; SEPARATION PERFORMANCE; WIDE-ANGLE X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

1,4 BUTANEDIOL; 2 METHYL 1,3 PROPANEDIOL; ALUMINUM OXIDE; CARBON DIOXIDE; HEXAMETHYLENE DIISOCYANATE; METHANE; NANOPARTICLE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; POLYTETRAMETHYLENE GLYCOL; POLYURETHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; GAS; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; HYDROGEN BOND; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SIZE; PERMEABILITY; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENTATION; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84959852059     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2015.01.018     Document Type: Article

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