The Developing Use of Inorganic Membranes A Historical Perspective

Societe des Ceramiques Techniques (a subsidiary of Alcoa Separations Technology, Inc.) Tarbes 

To most users, inorganic membranes are a relatively new product. But in fact, their development started in the 1940s and can be schematically divided into three periods  

The development and mass production of membranes for the separation of uranium isotopes by the process of gaseous diffusion applied to UF.  

Starting from this basis, the development and industrial use of a new generation of membranes adapted to the ultrafiltration and microfiltration of process liquid streams. 

The more recent research work on a much broader range of membrane types aiming at separations using a variety of basic processes, including the coupling of catalytic reactions and membrane separation. 

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