Absolute Molecular Sieve Separation of Ethylene/Ethane Mixtures with Silver Zeolite A

Sónia Aguado, Gérard Bergeret, Cécile Daniel, David Farrusseng

Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2012 · 239 citations · 17 references

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Absolute ethylene/ethane separation is achieved by ethane exclusion on silver-exchanged zeolite A adsorbent. This molecular sieving type separation is attributed to the pore size of the adsorbent, which falls between ethylene and ethane kinetic diameters.

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