Patent ID: 6916454

Claim:
A gas separation membrane for separating hydrogen from a gas stream, the gas separation membrane comprising: a transmission member including a porous body of metal particles compacted and bonded together and a chemisorption-dissociation-diffusion coating; the porous body having a first surface and a second surface opposite one another, the porosity of the porous body increasing from the first surface to the second surface, the metal particles including a quantity of at least one of metal fibers and metal powder; the chemisorption-dissociation-diffusion coating being disposed on the first surface; and the gas separation membrane being structured to receive the gas stream against one of the chemisorption-dissociation-diffusion coating and the second surface and permeate a quantity of hydrogen through the gas separation membrane and out of the other of the chemisorption-dissociation-diffusion coating and the second surface, the chemisorption-dissociation-diffusion coating being structured to permit chemisorption-dissociation-diffusion of hydrogen therethrough.