High-quality AlPO-18 membranes were synthesized using low-cost symmetric alumina supports by a single hydrothermal step, and showed to be useful for light gas separation. Single-gas permeances of CO 2 , N 2 , CH 4 and C 3 H 8 decreased with increasing kinetic diameter. Single CO 2 and CH 4 permeance dependence of pressure drop was predicted by the Maxwell-Stefan diffusion model and was in agreement with experimental data. The best AlPO-18 membrane showed smaller-component permeances of 6.5, 6.3 and 1.0 Â 10 À7 mol (m 2 s Pa) À1 (equal to 1940, 1880 and 300 GPU) and mixture selectivities of 220, 45 and 22 for equimolar CO 2 /CH 4 , CO 2 /N 2 and H 2 /CH 4 binary mixtures at room temperature and 0.2 MPa pressure drop, respectively. The effects of temperature and pressure on the membrane's separation performance in the three binary mixtures were discussed.