CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS OF SILICALITE .1. USE OF TETRAPROPYLAMMONIUM BROMIDE AND CHLORIDE AS TEMPLATES

CULFAZ A., GUNDUZ U., ORBEY H.

CRYSTAL RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY, vol.28, no.1, pp.29-38, 1993 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 28 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 1993
  • Doi Number: 10.1002/crat.2170280107
  • Journal Name: CRYSTAL RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.29-38
  • Gazi University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Silicalite-1, the aluminum-free end number of the ZSM-5 zeolites, was synthesized from a batch composition of 3.25 Na2O . 40.0 SiO2 . 552 H2O . 2.00 TPA by using tetrapropylammonium bromide (TPA-Br) or chloride (TPA-Cl) as templates in the temperature range of 100 to 175-degrees-C in a batch system. Conversion of silica in the starting batch composition into silicalite-1 in the product was followed quantitatively. The activation energies of nucleation and crystallization were determined as 37.2 and 66.5 kJ/mol, respectively. The use of TPA-Cl as the template instead of TPA-Br results in longer induction period for crystallization to start and a larger crystal size in product.