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Applications of Ceramic Membranes

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This chapter presents some of the possible applications shown by ceramic membranes. The following areas will be given emphasis:

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da Silva Biron, D., dos Santos, V., Zeni, M. (2018). Applications of Ceramic Membranes. In: Ceramic Membranes Applied in Separation Processes. Topics in Mining, Metallurgy and Materials Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58604-5_5

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