Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 1997, Vol. 18 ›› Issue (1): 15.

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Studies on the Crystallization Behavior of Zeolite Silicalite-1 in (TPA)2O-Na2O-SiO2-H2O System(Ⅰ)──Crystallization Kinetics

WU Ai-Mei, LONG Ying-Cai   

  1. Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433
  • Received:1996-01-05 Online:1997-01-24 Published:1997-01-24

Abstract: Zeolite silicalite-1 was hydrothermally synthesized in (TPA)2O-Na2O-SiO2-H2Osystem.The silica sources used were fumed silica(Ⅰ), silica sol (Ⅱ) and waterglass(Ⅲ).There are different crystallization kinetic curves in the temperature range from 140℃ to 180 ℃ for different silica source systems with the same molar ratio of reactant.The activation energy for nucleation (En) and for crystallization (Ec), which are calculated from the induc-tion time and growing rate, are 46/76 kJ/mol in system (Ⅰ), 41/43 kJ/mol in system (Ⅱ),and 38/78 kJ/mol in system (Ⅲ), respectively.The crystal size obtained in each system de-pends on the difference between En and Ec The highest product crystallinity determined both by XRDand by adsorption of n-hexane was obtained in fumed silica system.The quality of the zeolite obtained can be improved by increasing the temperature of crystallization.

Key words: Crystallization kinetics, Silicalite-1, Zeolite

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