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. 2022 Dec 15;12(12):1274. doi: 10.3390/membranes12121274
c Concentration (mol/m3) P The permeability coefficient (Barrer)
D Diffusion coefficient (cm2/s) p The pressure (Pa)
Ds Surface diffusion coefficient (cm2/s) R The gas constant (J/mol K)
d1/d2 The membrane thickness changes due to the surface adsorption rp The membrane pore radius (m)
E int The interfacial energies of the composite membrane (kcal/mol) S The solution coefficient (cm3 (STP)/(cm3 kPa))
E layer,1-2 The total energies of the composite membrane (kcal/mol) T The temperature (K)
E layer,1 The energies of separation layer (kcal/mol) V s The reciprocal density
E layer,2 The energies of support layer (kcal/mol) V VdW The van der Waals volume
FFV Fractional free volume (%) Greek
fk The gas flux due to Knudsen diffusion (kg/(m2 s)) ρ The density (kg/m3)
fs The gas flux due to surface diffusion (kg/(m2 s)) ε The porosity of porous media
M The gas molecular weight (kg/mol) μs The shape factor
N α The atoms number α The selectivity