Palladium or a palladium alloy hydrogen diffusion membrane treated with a volatile compound of silicon is used to separate hydrogen from a mixture of it with a hydrocarbon

摘要

A palladium or palladium alloy hydrogen diffusion membrane which has been treated with silane and/or silicon tetrafluoride is employed to separate hydrogen from a hydrocarbon with which it is in admixture and from which it may have been produced under dehydrogenation conditions in the presence of said membrane.