(Advances in inorganic membranes)

Technical Report · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1989

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5118694· OSTI ID:5118694

Fain, D. E.

The conference was an excellent initial forum for coordinating international communication about the rapidly emerging field of inorganic membranes. It was well organized and held in an excellent new conference facility. There were about 300 conferees representing 26 countries, including most of the best known researchers in the field. The quality of the papers was excellent. Many of then presented very new and sophisticated work at the cutting edge of the technology. In Europe and Japan there is a broad awareness of these technologies and techniques for fabricating membranes with a broad range of properties and potential commercial uses. In his opening plenary paper, J. Charpin, with the Commissariat a L'Energie Atomic (CEA) at Saclay, gave the CEA credit for creating the new generation of inorganic membranes through its technology transfer from their nuclear energy programs. I met and talked with most of the best known people in the field. Our paper was extremely well received. Jacques Gillot hardly spoke to me before the paper. After presenting the paper, he approached me everywhere I went. The visits to the two best known membrane laboratories in Europe were worth the trip alone. Professor Cot's lab in Montpellier is rather modest, but doing some interesting and sophisticated work. Professor Burggraaf's lab in Enschede, Netherlands is extremely well equipped and staffed (63 people), and I believe this lab is doing the most advanced work.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant (K-25), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/NE
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OT21400
• OSTI ID: 5118694
• Report Number(s): K/QT-339; ON: DE90006120
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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