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10.5
Conclusions 
The results presented demonstrate that multi 
- 
component gas interactions with sup-
ported ionic liquid membranes are more complex than might be at fi rst suspected. The 

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macroscopic membrane performance measurements shown here are suffi cient to open a 
variety of new questions about the complicated nature of those interactions but do not 
allow confi rmation of the molecular level explanations proposed. Further work will be 
required to fully understand the effects of common syngas constituents on ionic liquid 
membranes. That work will be critical to the successful application of these membranes 
to IGCC power systems and the effi cient mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions from 
those power systems.
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Membrane Gas Separation Edited by Yuri Yampolskii and Benny Freeman
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