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New Inorganic and Inorganic-Organic Ion-Exchange Membranes

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Membranes and Membrane Processes

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The great technological success of membranes has in turn stimulated additional interest in new possible applications in processes in which the operating conditions are too drastic for the organic membranes presently available.

Attention has been given to inorganic membranes because an inorganic material is usually more stable than an organic one in drastic conditions (temperature, oxidizing agents, ionizing radiations and so on).

In this paper the inorganic and inorganic-organic ion-exchange membranes have been subdivided in various subclasses and, for each subclass, a brief panoramic review and an account of the results obtained in our laboratory is reported. Among the inorganic ion-exchange membranes, particular attention has been given to the preparation and properties of membranes consisting of fibrous cerium phosphate and of pellicular α-zirconium phosphate. Furthermore the electrochemical properties of some heterogeneous membranes consisting of microcrystals of inorganic ion-exchangers (e.g. α-[Zr(PO4)2]H2, [Zr2PO4(SiO4)2]Na3 and β-alumina) and a suitable organic binder (e.g. polyvinylidene fluoride) are examined and discussed.

The effect of a small concentration of ionogenic groups in the binder (e.g. 5% of -SO3H groups introduced by sulphonation) is also reported.

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    G. Alberti, M. Casciola, U. Costantino & D. Fabiani

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    Enrico Drioli (Presidente European Society of Membrane Science and Technology) (Presidente European Society of Membrane Science and Technology)

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    Masayuki Nakagaki (President Membrane Society of Japan) (President Membrane Society of Japan)

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Alberti, G., Casciola, M., Costantino, U., Fabiani, D. (1986). New Inorganic and Inorganic-Organic Ion-Exchange Membranes. In: Drioli, E., Nakagaki, M. (eds) Membranes and Membrane Processes. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2019-5_46

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