In situ monitoring of desilication of MFI-type zeolites in alkaline medium
- 5 July 2007
- journal article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
- Vol. 9 (34), 4822-4830
- https://doi.org/10.1039/b705418a
Abstract
In situ pH and Attenuated Total Reflection (ATR) infrared techniques have been successfully applied in order to gain insights into the dissolution process connected to mesopore formation occurring upon alkaline treatment of ZSM-5 zeolites. Online pH measurements reveal a similar consumption of OH− ions in the initial stage of the reaction independent of the Si/Al ratio of the zeolite. In view of the greatly different mesoporosity development, the extraction of polymeric silica entities is anticipated, its structure depending on the framework Si/Al ratio. In agreement, ATR-IR experiments have confirmed dissolution of polymeric silicon-containing species that in the course of the alkaline treatment disintegrate into smaller entities. A direct relation between the type of porosity developed and the process of silicon extraction as measured in the liquid phase cannot be drawn.This publication has 24 references indexed in Scilit:
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