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  • Absolute molecular sieve separation of ethylene/ethane mixtures with silver zeolite A.

Absolute molecular sieve separation of ethylene/ethane mixtures with silver zeolite A.

Journal of the American Chemical Society (2012-08-24)
Sonia Aguado, Gérard Bergeret, Cecile Daniel, David Farrusseng
ABSTRACT

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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Sigma-Aldrich
Ethane, 99.99%
Sigma-Aldrich
Ethane, ≥99%