“Ethane/ethylene separation in a metal-organic framework with iron-peroxo sites” (2018), by Libo Li et al. Chemistry research paper. Original abstract below, unchanged. No free PDF was found.

Ethane/ethylene separation in a metal-organic framework with iron-peroxo sites

Libo Li, Rui‐Biao Lin, Rajamani Krishna et al. · October 26, 2018 · Chemistry

Abstract

A preference for ethane Industrial production of ethylene requires its separation from ethane in a cryogenic process that consumes large amounts of energy. An alternative would be differential sorption in microporous materials. Most of these materials bind ethylene more strongly that ethane, but adsorption of ethane would be more efficient. Li et al. found that a metal-organic framework containing iron-peroxo sites bound ethane more strongly than ethylene and could be used to separate the gases at ambient conditions. Science , this issue p. 443

Source page DOI: 10.1126/science.aat0586