Abstract
In 1861, at about the time that Graham reported his first dialysis experiments using synthetic membranes [1], Maxwell created the ‘sorting demon’, “a being whose faculties are so sharpened that he can follow every molecule in its course and would be able to what is at present impossible to us” [2]. In other words, the demon is able to discriminate between molecules. Suppose that a vessel is divided into two parts A and B by a division in which there is a small hole and that Maxwell’s demon sits at the hole which he can open and close at will (see figure I - 1).
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Mulder, M. (1996). Introduction. In: Basic Principles of Membrane Technology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1766-8_1
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