A selection of the contents. Measurement of diffusion in microporous solids (D.M. Ruthven). State-of-the-art in cryogenic air separation (T.F. Fisher). I. Thermodynamics and Modelling of Separations. The adsorption of gas mixtures in molecular sieves: The suitability and limitations of the ideal adsorbed solution theory (P. Brückner, L.V.C. Rees). A mixing model for the calculation of the solubilities of solids and their mixtures in supercritical fluids (P.-C. Chen et al.). A detailed model for a simulated continuous countercurrent adsorption system (M.M. Hassan et al.). II. Separation Technology and Ultrapurification. (a. using sorbents). Carbon molecular sieves for air separation (J. Armor). Industrial gas separation using PSA (G.V. Baron). Activated carbon principles (Y. Hamerlinck, D.H. Mertens). Inorganic porous materials (E.F. Vansant). Separation by chemical processes. The role of reactor selection (W.P.M. van Swaaij, G.F. Versteeg). Lithium chabazite: Synthesis and air separation properties (C.G. Coe et al.). Gas adsorption properties of cation modified alumina pillared montmorillonite (A. Molinard, E.F. Vansant). (b. using membranes). Micro-porous ceramic membranes for gas separation: Synthesis, gas transport and separation properties (R.S.A. de Lange). Application of pervaporation in environmental technology (C. Vandecasteele, C. Dotrement). Permeate flux enhancement using a baffle in microfiltration with mineral membrane (B.B. Gupta et al.). Separation of nitrogen and organic vapors by pillared clay-carbon composite membrane (Z.-H. Hu et al.). Molecular-sieve inorganic membranes: Adsorption,permeation, diffusion, and topology (Y.H. Ma et al.). On the effect of thermal regeneration on CO2 absorption kinetics in amine solutions (G. Andersson, D. Eimer). SO2 separation by reactive liquid membranes (M. Okamoto, A. Chakma). (d. using other techniques). Chromatographic study of the adsorption of O2, N2, Ar and CH4 in cation exchanged X and Y zeolites (J.A. Martens et al.). On-line extraction of polymers, oligomers, additives and monomers by multiple solvents on packed HPLC columns (W.J. Staal). A thermodynamic basis for chemical separation by selective inorganic ion exhanger (M. Tsuji, S. Komarneni). A novel method for separating dispersed matter from a fluid medium by means of electrostatic repulsive force (G.C. Yeh, B.V. Yeh). III. Separation Technology in Environmental Applications. Photosynthetic membranes in industrial wastewaters treatment, separation and recovery of valuable products. A case study with (dicyano)aurate(I) and (dicyano)argentate(I) ions (I.R. Bellobono). Vapor-phase adsorption of benzene, toluene and xylene by a new adsorbent modified elutrilithe (Z.-H. Hu et al.). The adsorption of phosphates from aqueous solutions using alumina pillared montmorillonite (A. Molinard et al.). IV. Gas Measurements. Ensuring international comparabilty of gas measurements through traceability to the mole, our SI unit for amount of substance (P. De Bièvre). A gas chromatographic technique for the accurate determination of CO2 in gas treating solvents (P. Shahi, A. Chakma). Author index.
