ABSTRACT
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
LIST OF TABLES
LIST OF FIGURES
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Zeolites and zeolite membranes
1.1.1 Introduction to zeolite structures
1.1.2 Structure of zeolite membranes
1.1.3 Properties of zeolites and their use
1.1.4 Separation and purification through membranes
1.2 Nucleation and growth mechanism of zeolites
1.3 Synthesis of zeolite membranes
1.3.1 Hydrothermal synthesis
1.3.2 Microwave synthesis
1.4 NaA zeolite and NaA zeolite membrane
1.5 Main research contents
CHAPTER 2 EXPERIMENTAL
2.1 Materials
2.2 Experimental equipments
2.3 Synthesis
2.3.1 Zeolite synthesis
2.3.2 Membrane preparation
2.4 Characterization techniques
2.4.1 Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)
2.4.2 X-ray Diffraction (XRD)
2.4.3 BET and BJH
CHAPTER 3 Results and discussion
3.1 Zeolites synthesis
3.1.1 Zeolite prepared by hydrothermal synthesis
3.1.2 Effect of aging time to zeolites synthesized by microwave method
3.1.3 BET and BJH results
3.1.4 Conclusion
3.2 Membranes prepared by Hydrothermal Synthesis
3.2.1 Membranes prepared by in-situ hydrothermal synthesis
3.2.2 Membrane prepared by secondary growth method
3.2.3 Bi-layered zeolite membranes
3.2.4 Conclusion
3.3 Membranes prepared by Microwave synthesis
3.3.1 Membrane prepared for 5 minutes by 70% power output
3.3.2 Membrane prepared for 5 minutes by 100% power output
3.3.3 Membrane prepared for 10 minutes by 100% power output
3.3.4 Conclusion
3.4 Summary of this chapter
Chapter 4 Conclusion
4.1 Conclusion
4.2 Future work
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