Membrane Gas Separation

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Yampolskii, Yuri
Membrane gas separation / Yuri Yampolskii and Benny Freeman.
p. 
cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-470-74621-9 (cloth)
1. 
Gas 
separation 
membranes. 2. 
Polyamide 
membranes. 3. 
Gases–Separation. I. 
Yampolskii, 
Y. 
P. 
(Yuri Pavlovich) II. Title.
TP248.25.M46F74 
2010
660
′
.043–dc22
2010013153
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
ISBN: HB: 9780470746219
Set in 10/12 pt Times by Toppan Best-set Premedia Limited.
Printed and bound in Singapore by Markono Print Media Pte Ltd.

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Contents
Preface 
xiii
Contributors 
xvii
I. 
Novel Membrane Materials and Transport in Them 
1
1 
Synthesis and Gas Permeability of Hyperbranched and 
Cross-linked Polyimide Membranes 
3
Shinji Kanehashi, Shuichi Sato
 
and Kazukiyo Nagai
1.1 Introduction 
3
1.2 
Molecular Designs for Membranes 
6
1.3 
Synthesis of Hyperbranched Polyimides 
7
1.3.1 
Amorphous Cross-linked Polyimides (Type II) 
7
1.3.2 
Hyperbranched Polyimides (Type III) 
9
1.4 
Gas Permeation Properties 
13
1.4.1 
Amorphous Cross-linked Polyimides (Type II) 
13
1.4.2 
Hyperbranched Polyimides (Type III) 
17
1.4.3 Selectivity 
and 
Permeability 
21
1.5 Concluding 
Remarks 
21
References 
23
2 
Gas Permeation Parameters and Other Physicochemical Properties