| 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 |