Introduction

1

Executive Summary

4

Task 1

Development of Ceramic Membrane/Metal Jobs

5

Task 2

Determine material mechanical properties under conditions of high temperature and reactive atmosphere

7

Task 3

Preparation and Characterization of Dense Ceramic Oxygen Permeable Membranes

15

Task 4

Assessment of Microstructure of the Membrane Materials to Evaluate the Effects of vacancy-Impurity Association, defect Clusters, and Vacancy Dopant Association of the Membrane Performance and Stability

20

Task 5

Measurement of Surface Activation/Reaction Rated in Ion Transport Membranes using Isotope Tracer and Transient Kinetic Techniques

23

Conclusions

32

References

33

Bibliography

34

Lists of Acronyms and Abbreviations

35