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Textbook (Source) : Membrane Technology and applications (Richard W. Baker, John Wiley & Sons, 2 nd Ed)

Isotropic Membranes

• Nonporous, Dense Membranes

: No pores

: transported by diffusion under the driving force of a

pressure, concentration, or electrical potential gradient

: relative transport rate within the membrane (solubility)

: e.g., gas separation, pervaporation, reverse osmosis