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12 Factors Affecting the Synthesis of Pentasil Zeolites ZELIMIR GABELICA and ERIC G.

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Facultés Universitaires de Namur, Laboratoire de Catalyse, Rue de Bruxelles 61, B-5000 Namur, Belgium NIELS BLOM Haldor Topsøe Research Laboratories, Nymøllevej 55, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark Downloaded by UNIV LAVAL on November 5, 2015 | http://pubs.acs.org Publication Date: April 5, 1984 | doi: 10.1021/bk-1984-0248.ch012

Several techniques were used in combination to inves tigate the role of different synthesis variables go verning the crystallization of high silica zeolitic materials of the pentasil family. The use of Al-rich ingredients and polymeric silica generates a small number of nuclei which grow involving a liquid pha se ion transportation process and yield large ZSM-5 single crystals (synthesis of type A). When high Si/Al ratios and monomeric Na silicate are used (synthesis of type Β), numerous nuclei rapidly yield very samll ZSM-5 microcrystallites, which appear directly within the hydrogel and which are not de tectable by X-ray diffraction. Their formation and growth are strongly dependent on competitive inte ractions between alkali and Pr N cations with aluminosilicate polymeric anions. Some intrinsic pro perties of the alkali cations such as their size, their structure-forming (breaking) role towards wa ter or their salting-out power, modify the specifi city of such interactions, which greatly affect the morphology, size, chemical composition and homoge neity of the resulting crystallites. Et N , Pr N and Bu N cations specifically direct the structure of ZSM-8, ZSM-5 and ZSM-11 zeolites respectively. When tripropylamine or tributylamine is used, mixed ZSM-5/ZSM-11 phases are formed. Their nature seems to be determined more by the zeolitic channel fil ling than by the location of the organic molecules at the channel intersections. +

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Since the f i r s t attempts of B a r r e r ( J ) and K e r r (2) to synthesize counterparts of some n a t u r a l z e o l i t e m a t e r i a l s i n presence of t e tramethy1ammonium hydroxyde, a wide number of new z e o l i t e s have been prepared from various organic c a t i o n - c o n t a i n i n g mixtures ( 3 ) . Soon, z e o l i t e s w i t h high S i / A l r a t i o appeared a t t r a c t i v e because of t h e i r p o t e n t i a l thermal, hydrothermal and a c i d s t a b i l i t i e s . In that respect, a v a r i e t y of organics have proved s u c c e s s f u l i n pro ducing S i - r i c h z e o l i t e s ( 3 ) . Z e o l i t e s ZSM-5 and ZSM-11 are the most commercially important end-members of a continuous s e r i e s of intermediate s t r u c t u r e s be longing to the s o - c a l l e d p e n t a s i l f a m i l y (4,5). The f i r s t prepa r a t i o n of ZSM-5 was described i n 1972 (6) and s i n c e then, a number of elaborate synthesis r e c i p e s have been reported i n the patent l i t e r a t u r e . Because of the unique and f a s c i n a t i n g a c t i v i t y and (shape) s e l e c t i v i t y of t h i s m a t e r i a l f o r a v a r i e t y of c a t a l y t i c r e a c t i o n s c u r r e n t l y processed i n chemical i n d u s t r i e s , i n c r e a s i n g a t t e n t i o n has been devoted to a b e t t e r understanding of the va r i o u s mechanisms that govern the synthesis of ZSM-5 (7-33). As numerous f a c t o r s a f f e c t simultaneously, i n various ways, the nature and the r a t e of the n u c l e a t i o n and c r y s t a l l i z a t i o n pro cesses of h i g h l y s i l i c e o u s z e o l i t e s (3,34), our p r e l i m i n a r y e f f o r t s were d i r e c t e d towards the i n v e s t i g a t i o n of two d i f f e r e n t patent procedures d e s c r i b i n g the p r e p a r a t i o n of ZSM-5 from the c l a s s i c a l Na20-(Pr4N)20-Al 03-Si02-H 0 r e a c t i o n mixtures (6,35). In p a r t i c u l a r , c l a t h r a t e and template e f f e c t s played by the Pr4N c a t i o n s during s y n t h e s i s , were questioned (11). For the f i r s t time, e v i dence was obtained that two extreme synthesis mechanisms can go vern the formation and growth of ZSM-5 c r y s t a l l i t e s . E i t h e r a l i quid phase i o n t r a n s p o r t a t i o n (mechanism A) or a s o l i d hydrogel r e c o n s t r u c t i o n (mechanism B) can occur, depending e s s e n t i a l l y on the source of s i l i c a and on the r e l a t i v e concentrations of the r e a c t a n t s . Very r e c e n t l y , the existence of these two types of me chanisms was a l s o a s c e r t a i n e d to occur i n the case of the n u c l e a t i o n and growth of the (NH4"*", Pr^N" ")ZSM-5 z e o l i t e , i n absence of a l k a l i cations (30). High c r y s t a l l i z a t i o n r a t e s and the p o s s i b i l i t y to s t a b i l i z e X-ray amorphous phases, which e x h i b i t ZSM-5 l i k e p r o p e r t i e s , were among the reasons why we decided to i n v e s t i g a t e the procedure Β i n more d e t a i l . In order to optimize the p a r t i c l e s i z e , homoge n e i t y , morphology and composition, we have questioned more s y s t e m a t i c a l l y the i n f l u e n c e of secondary synthesis v a r i a b l e s such as the pH, solvent v i s c o s i t y or the nature of the a l k a l i c a t i o n , ad ded as c h l o r i d e . As f a r as we know,the i n f l u e n c e of the v i s c o s i t y of the me dium on the s i z e and d i s t r i b u t i o n of the ZSM-5 c r y s t a l l i t e s has never been reported i n the l i t e r a t u r e . The strong dependence of the i n d u c t i o n p e r i o d r e q u i r e d f o r a z e o l i t e nucleus to form, on a l k a l i n i t y (pH), has been emphasized by Barrer (36). Yet, ZSM-5 z e o l i t e s appear to behave r a t h e r d i f f e r e n t l y than other A l - r i c h z e o l i t e s . The OITVSiC^ r a t i o was recognized by Rollmann as the 2

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dominant v a r i a b l e i n i n f l u e n c i n g n u c l e a t i o n and c r y s t a l l i z a t i o n rates of ZSM-5, as w e l l as the f i n a l c r y s t a l morphologies, s i z e s and agglomeration (37,38). Other s t u d i e s (14,24) have demonstra ted that an optimum 0H~ c o n c e n t r a t i o n i s needed to maintain enough d i s s o l v e d hydroxy S i and A l species but not i n such excess as to i n h i b i t the subsequent n u c l e a t i o n and growth of ZSM-5 c r y s t a l l i t e s . A l k a l i ions ( s a l t s ) i n f l u e n c e the formation of the precursor g e l f o r most of the s y n t h e t i c z e o l i t e s (3,34,39,40). Na ions we re shown to enhance i n v a r i o u s ways the n u c l e a t i o n process ( s t r u c t u r e - d i r e c t i n g r o l e ) (40-42), the subsequent p r e c i p i t a t i o n and c r y s t a l l i z a t i o n of the z e o l i t e ( s a l t i n g - o u t e f f e c t ) ( J ) and the f i n a l s i z e and morphology of the c r y s t a l l i t e s (34,43). Informa t i o n s on the v a r i o u s r o l e s played by the i n o r g a n i c ( a l k a l i ) c a t i o n s i n s y n t h e s i s of ZSM-5, such as reported i n some recent p u b l i c a t i o n s (7,8,10,14,17,29,30,44,45) remain fragmentary, sometines c o n t r a d i c t o r y and e s s e n t i a l l y q u a l i t a t i v e . Except f o r the work of Erdem and Sand, who i n v e s t i g a t e d the (Na , K , Pr^N" ") system (],&) , and the recent study of Nastro and Sand ( 2 9 1 ) of the ternary c a t i o n i c ( N H , M (M = L i , Na , K ) , Pr^N" ") systems, no other competitive i n t e r a c t i o n between Na , P r ^ N and an a l k a l i c a t i o n other than Na, has been reported. The l a s t p a r t of our work c o n s i s t s i n extending our i n v e s t i gations of v a r i a b l e s i n f l u e n c i n g the synthesis of type B, by exa mining the p o t e n t i a l i t y of v a r i o u s organic compounds to d i r e c t the formation of p e n t a s i l - t y p e s t r u c t u r e s . Pr^N* c a t i o n s were recognized to form complexes w i t h s i l i c a te (46) or a l u m i n o s i l i c a t e (23) species and subsequently to cause r e p l i c a t i o n of the so formed framework s t r u c t u r e v i a s t e r e o - s p e c i f i c i n t e r a c t i o n s (template e f f e c t ) . During t h i s process, they are p r o g r e s s i v e l y i n c o r p o r a t e d and s t a b i l i z e d w i t h i n the z e o l i t e f r a mework (21>ΑΖ»Μ). Rollmann (37) has shown that i n i t i a l P^N" "/ S1O2 r a t i o s above 0.05 are r e q u i r e d to f i l l the whole z e o l i t i c po re volume. These optimum P r ^ N concentrations have been r e c e n t l y r e d e f i n e d (18). The presence of n e a r l y 4 P^N* e n t i t i e s per u n i t c e l l of c r y s t a l l i n e ZSM-5 has been confirmed experimentally(11,23). While ZSM-11 and ZSM-8 ( i t s supposed s t r u c t u r a l analogue (49, 50)) need s p e c i f i c a l l y the presence of Bu^N (or BU4P ) (51,52) and Et^N* (53) to be formed, ZSM-5 can be prepared by u s i n g Pr^N* c a t i o n s , or i t s p r e c u r s o r s , or a wide v a r i e t y of other organic compounds, or even from r e a c t i o n mixtures f r e e of organic c a t i o n s , i n the presence of (Pr^N" ") ZSM-5 seeds (54). On the other hand, some organic compounds may y i e l d l e s s s p e c i f i c z e o l i t i c s t r u c t u r e s . For example, a number of ZSM-5/11 intergrowths could be pre pared u s i n g triethylpropylammonium c a t i o n s (55) or v a r i o u s other ALk^N c a t i o n s , e i t h e r as admixture or w i t h the a d d i t i o n of other organics (56). Since the a c t u a l r o l e of the v a r i o u s organics i n d i r e c t i n g s p e c i f i c z e o l i t i c s t r u c t u r e s remains confusing or at l e a s t obscure, we have t r i e d to e x p l a i n the nature and the s t r u c t u r e of the d i f f e rent p e n t a s i l z e o l i t e s synthesized under i d e n t i c a l experimental +

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Experimental M a t e r i a l s and s y n t h e s i s procedures I n s y n t h e s i s A ( e s s e n t i a l l y based on example 1 of r e f . 6 ) , a s o l u t i o n o f sodium aluminate, prepared by d i s s o l v i n g adequate amounts of pure aluminium powder (Al 99 % pure, Fluka) i n concentrated NaOH (U.C.B. a n a l , grade), i s added to a s o l u t i o n of s i l i c a (Davison grade 950), p r e l i m i n a r i l y d i s s o l v e d i n a s o l u t i o n of Pr^NOH (20 % i n H 0, F l u k a , purum). The so obtained g e l (pH - 11.5) i s s t i r r e d f o r 2 h before h e a t i n g . I n s y n t h e s i s B ( e s s e n t i a l l y based on example 1 of r e f . 3 5 ) , an a c i d i c s o l u t i o n , prepared by mixing A l s u l f a t e ( A 1 ( S 0 ) 3 . 18 H 0, Merck, purum), s u l f u r i c a c i d (98 % H S 0 , Merck, a n a l , grade) and P r N B r ( F l u k a , purum) p r e d i s s o l v e d i n H 0, i s added to a b a s i c s o l u t i o n o f aqueous sodium s i l i c a t e (Natronwasserglass Merck, 28.5 wt % SiO^, 8.8 wt % Na 0 and 62.7 wt % H 0 ) . The so formed g e l (pH - 2) i s s t i r r e d f o r 1 h before i t s pH i s adjusted to about 11 by adding dropwise a concentrated NaOH s o l u t i o n . The new g e l i s s t i r r e d f o r 3 h, l e f t f o r 65 h a t room temperature and then s t i r r e d again f o r 12 h, p r i o r t o h e a t i n g . Due to the very time consuming o f the above procedure, the l a t t e r was m o d i f i e d as f o l l o w s ( s y n t h e s i s B ) : equal volumes of s i l i c a t e and A l - P r N - H S O , s o l u t i o n s were added a t the same r a t e to an aqueous s o l u t i o n o f NaCl (Merck, a n a l , grade). The g e l which i s formed (pH - 3.5), i s s t i r r e d f o r 2 h before i t s pH i s adjusted to about 9-9.5 by f u r t h e r adding o f the remaining excess of Na s i l i c a t e s o l u t i o n . The so obtained g e l i s s t i r r e d f o r 3 h before heating. The molar compositions of thef i n a l mixtures f o r the syntheses A, Β and Β are thef o l l o w i n g • 2


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N u c l e a t i o n and c r y s t a l l i z a t i o n of samples prepared according to procedures A and B were s t u d i e d as a f u n c t i o n of time, by d i v i ding the g e l a t i n o u s mixtures i n t o s e v e r a l p o r t i o n s and s e a l i n g them i n i d e n t i c a l 15 ml PYREX c o n t a i n e r s . The l a t t e r were heated at 120°C (procedures A and B) and at 130°C (procedure B ) i n an au t o c l a v e , under autogenous pressure, w i t h o c c a s i o n a l shaking, f o r given periods of time, and p r o g r e s s i v e l y removed i n order to ob t a i n m a t e r i a l s w i t h i n c r e a s i n g degrees of c r y s t a l l i n i t y . A f t e r c o o l i n g , each sample ( g e l + z e o l i t e ) was f i l t e r e d , washed w i t h c o l d d i s t i l l e d water and d r i e d at 120°C f o r 14h, before c h a r a c t e r i z a tion. 100 % c r y s t a l l i n e ZSM-5 z e o l i t e s were obtained a f t e r 312 h (type A)., a f t e r 48 h (type B) and a f t e r 110 h (type B ) . I n each case i t was checked that longer c r y s t a l l i z a t i o n times d i d not lead to more c r y s t a l l i n e ZSM-5 or to transformations i n t o other phases. Table I I gives parameters and o p e r a t i n g c o n d i t i o n s f o r the three procedures. 1

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In the case of S Y n t h e s i s A , the d e p o l y m e r i z a t i o n of the a c t i ve s i l i c a to y i e l d u l t i m a t e l y monomeric s i l i c a t e anions, was shown to be the e s s e n t i a l r a t e l i m i t i n g s t e p . As a r e s u l t , a small num ber of n e g a t i v e l y charged monomers are formed. They can e i t h e r condense aluminate species to form a l u m i n o s i l i c a t e complexes or i n t e r a c t d i r e c t l y w i t h P r ^ N i o n s . The l a t t e r are known to order around them p r e f e r a b l y S i - r i c h e r (alumino) s i l i c a t e t e t r a h e d r a l u n i t s to form s t a b l e n u c l e i . Y e t , growing ZSM-5 c r y s t a l l i t e s are known to accomodate s i l i c a i n preference (9,21,30,62) and any i n c o r p o r a t i o n of aluminium i n t o t h e i r framework i s a d i s r u p t i v e , d i f f i c u l t process (12,37,38). Consequently, the c r y s t a l l i z a t i o n of the so formed S i - r i c h n u c l e i w i l l occur at l e a s t more r a p i d l y than a f u r t h e r n u c l e a t i o n , so that the number of c r y s t a l l i t e s i n i t i a l l y formed stays n e a r l y constant d u r i n g the s y n t h e s i s course. The p a r t i c l e s w i l l grow w i t h a r e l a t i v e l y f a s t r a t e at the expense of the s t i l l present a l u m i n o s i l i c a t e g e l which, at the l i m i t , can be occluded w i t h i n the growing c r y s t a l l i t e . As the s i l i c a t e spe c i e s a v a i l a b l e i n s o l u t i o n are p r o g r e s s i v e l y exhausted, the g e l w i l l continue to d i s s o l v e and b r i n g p r o g r e s s i v e l y A l - r i c h s o l u b l e species to the outer l a y e r of the growing p a r t i c l e . The r e s u l t i n g l a r g e and w e l l d e f i n e d ZSM-5 c r y s t a l l i t e s are t h e r e f o r e expected to present an inhomogeneous r a d i a l A l d i s t r i b u t i o n . An attempt to c o n f i r m t h i s hypothesis was proposed on the b a s i s of a simple mathematical treatment of the S i / A l r a t i o s , as obtained by PIGE analyses (11). In t y j 3 e B s y n t h e s e s , a hydrogel i s r a p i d l y formed from s o l u t i o n s a l r e a d y composed of monomeric (or low o l i g o m e r i c ) s i l i c a and alumina s p e c i e s . Y e t , i t s composition i s not too d i f f e r e n t from that expected from the reagents r a t i o s (Table I ) , as the supply of s i l i c a t e ions i s not l i m i t e d by any d e p o l y m e r i z a t i o n process. Smaller amounts of Pr^N* i o n s , as w e l l as s u b s t a n t i a l l y h i g h e r S i / A l and Na/Si r a t i o s than f o r the A s y n t h e s i s (Table I ) , favour a r a p i d n u c l e a t i o n . S t r u c t u r e - d i r e c t i n g Pr^N" " c a t i o n s , s t i l l p r e sent a l l throughout the g e l , can i n t e r a c t i n t i m a t e l y w i t h the nu merous r e a c t i v e a l u m i n o s i l i c a t e anions and a d i r e c t r e c r y s t a l l i z a t i o n process i n v o l v i n g the s o l i d hydrogel phase t r a n s f o r m a t i o n (or surface n u c l e a t i o n ) i s expected. Indeed, a r a p i d growth, y i e l d i n g a l a r g e number of s m a l l c r y s t a l l i t e s , which present a homogeneous A l r a d i a l d i s t r i b u t i o n , was confirmed e x p e r i m e n t a l l y (11). Recent r e s u l t s obtained by Sand and coworkers (21,30) have confirmed the e x i s t e n c e of these two d i f f e r e n t mechanisms : i n a g e l obtained from Si02~Pr NOH s o l u t i o n s , ZSM-5 was shown to grow w i t h i n a l i q u i d s l u r r y , w h i l e i t appears d i r e c t l y w i t h i n a wax l i k e g e l formed when Na s i l i c a t e and A l s u l f a t e are used as r e a gents. Figures 1 and 2 summarize the main f e a t u r e s of type A and Β syn theses, w h i l e F i g u r e 3 r e f l e c t s the d i f f e r e n t morphologies of 100% c r y s t a l l i n e ZSM-5 p a r t i c l e s grown from both procedures. The s y n t h e s i s of type Β o f f e r s s e v e r a l advantages among which the most promising f o r c a t a l y t i c a p p l i c a t i o n s i s the p o s s i b i l i t y


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Figure 3. T y p i c a l morphologies of 100 % c r y s t a l l i n e A and B-type ZSM-5 (SEM micrographs) (Reproduced with permission, from r e f (11), E l s e v i e r S c i . Publ. Co.).


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to prepare r a p i d l y small 100 % c r y s t a l l i n e ZSM-5 p a r t i c l e s w i t h homogeneous A l d i s t r i b u t i o n and a l s o the p o s s i b i l i t y t o s t a b i l i z e very small "X-ray amorphous" ZSM-5 c r y s t a l l i t e s , embedded w i t h i n amorphous a l u m i n o s i l i c a t e g e l precursors (11). I n order t o con f i r m and improve these p r o p e r t i e s , the o p e r a t i n g c o n d i t i o n s o f synthesis Β were s l i g h t l y m o d i f i e d . P r e p a r a t i o n of X~ray amorphous ZSM-5 c r y s t a l l i t e s according to procedure B I t i s important that the g e l formation takes p l a c e as homogeneously as p o s s i b l e . Because of the p a r t i c u l a r s e n s i t i v i ty of v a r i o u s s i l i c a and alumina species to the pH (63,64) , the pH range between 4.5 and 8.5 was avoided. N u c l e a t i o n was performed at pH 3.5-4, where a low v i s c o u s g e l c o n t a i n i n g e s s e n t i a l l y mono meric s i l i c a species i s r a p i d l y formed (65).The. pH i s then r a i s e d to about 9, i n order to form t e t r a h e d r a l A1(0H) ~" e n t i t i e s and to favour the f u r t h e r A l i n c o r p o r a t i o n w i t h i n the z e o l i t i c framework. NaCl was used to increase the ( s u p e r ) s a t u r a t i o n of the g e l , which w i l l f l o c c u l a t e i n t o a macromolecular c o l l o i d ( J ) and i n i t i a t e the n u c l e a t i o n . This procedure y i e l d s 100 % c r y s t a l l i n e z e o l i t e a f t e r 110 h hydrothermal h e a t i n g at 130°C (Figure 4 ) . Longer h e a t i n g times (6 months) n e i t h e r a l t e r the p u r i t y nor the s t a b i l i t y of the c r y s t a l l i t e s (Figure,4). The c r y s t a l l i n i t y of the so formed intermediate phases was checked by v a r i o u s p h y s i c a l methods. No XRD c r y s t a l l i n i t y was de tected a f t e r the f i r s t 45 hours of h e a t i n g , w h i l e other techniques such as I n f r a r e d (20,6^,67), TG-DTA 0^,32,67) o r C NMR (32,33), which are s e n s i t i v e to the presence of very small amounts of P r N species occluded i n ZSM-5 c r y s t a l l i t e s , confirm that very small s i z e ZSM-5 p a r t i c l e s are present i n the e a r l y beginning of the syn t h e s i s process (Table I I I ) . F u r t h e r IR s t u d i e s of the ZSM-5 ske l e t o n v i b r a t i o n bands (20,66) o r c a t a l y t i c t e s t s (60) have c o n f i r med t h e i r presence i n B-type procedures. By c o n t r a s t , and as ex pected, XRD and DTA techniques give i d e n t i c a l c r y s t a l l i n i t y values i n the case of s y n t h e s i s A (Table I I I ) .


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bulk (73). This important f i n d i n g i s s t r o n g l y i n favour of the formation of c r y s t a l l i t e s having more A l i n t h e i r outer l a y e r . For s y n t h e s i s B , both PIGE and EDX S i / A l r a t i o s remain remarka b l y constant throughout the whole c r y s t a l l i z a t i o n process. This i n d i c a t e s that both the growing c r y s t a l l i t e s and t h e i r g e l precur sor must continuously keep the same composition. This i s c o n s i s tent w i t h the d i r e c t hydrogel transformation mechanism. In that case, however, EDX and XPS s y s t e m a t i c a l l y detect s l i g h t l y more A l near the s u r f a c e , suggesting that i n the beginning of the B* pro cess, more bulky S i - r i c h inhomogeneous domains are present w i t h i n the g e l . Through i n t e r n a l rearrangements, they w i l l transform p r o g r e s s i v e l y i n ZSM-5 n u c l e i . The l a t t e r w i l l grow w i t h a r a t e p r o p o r t i o n a l to t h e i r S i - c o n t e n t and y i e l d z e o l i t e c r y s t a l l i t e s w i t h d i f f e r e n t s i z e s but w i t h an homogeneous A l d i s t r i b u t i o n w i t h i n each phase. The A and B c r y s t a l l i z a t i o n procedures are s c h e m a t i c a l l y i l l u s t r a t e d i n Figure 6.


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S i x ZSM-5 samples were s y n t h e s i z e d from gels c o n t a i n i n g the whole s e r i e s of a l k a l i c a t i o n s , added i n form of c h l o r i d e , as des c r i b e d i n procedure B . Synthesis data, p r i n c i p a l p r o p e r t i e s and analyses are summarized i n Tables VI and V I I . 1

Table V I . Synthesis data and p r o p e r t i e s of v a r i o u s (M)ZSM-5 samples (M = a l k a l i c a t i o n ) 'adapted from r e f ( 2 6 ) , by permission)

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These data show that most of the p h y s i c a l parameters and p r o p e r t i e s which c h a r a c t e r i z e each (M)ZSM-5 sample, show r e g u l a r v a r i a t i o n s as a f u n c t i o n of the nature of the c a t i o n , i . e . e s s e n t i a l l y of i t s s i z e . Except the p a r t i c u l a r behaviour of NH which i s envisaged s e p a r a t e l y , s t a r t i n g from L i t o Cs, the f o l l o w i n g trends are obser ved : c r y s t a l l i z a t i o n times and average p a r t i c l e s s i z e s i n c r e a s e w h i l e the s i z e d i s t r i b u t i o n becomes l e s s homogeneous (Figure 9 ) . The water and A l contents decrease w h i l e the amount of M c a t i o n s per u n i t c e l l of z e o l i t e i n c r e a s e s . For L i and Na,the morphology c o n s i s t s of c l u s t e r s of p o l y c r y s t a l l i n e aggregates. B e t t e r out l i n e d s i n g l e c r y s t a l s are observed f o r Κ and Rb and a d d i t i o n a l pro nounced twinning appears f o r (Cs)ZSM-5 (Figure 10). 4


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The various chemical analyses y i e l d the f o l l o w i n g i n t e r e s t i n g conclusions : (a) Small s i z e d c r y s t a l l i t e s are e q u a l l y probed by EDX and PIGE ( S i / A l r a t i o s , Table V I I ) . The bigger the average s i z e , the greater the d i f f e r e n c e between " s u r f a c e and bulk r a t i o s . (b) EDX shows that the average " s u r f a c e " of a p e l l e t composed of v a r i o u s s i z e d c r y s t a l l i t e s , i s always enriched i n A l w i t h respect to the b u l k . On the other hand,(Si/Al) r a t i o s determined by EDX on i n d i v i d u a l c r y s t a l l i t e s i n d i c a t e that i n a l l cases except NH^"", small c r y s t a l l i t e s contain more A l than the l a r g e ones (Figure 11). Combining these two i n f o r m a t i o n s , i t appears that A l must be d i s t r i b u t e d homo geneously w i t h i n the c r y s t a l l i t e s , although each c r y s t a l l i te must have an A l concentration i n v e r s e l y p r o p o r t i o n a l to i t s s i z e . Such a c o n c l u s i o n s u b s t a n t i a l l y confirms that (M)ZSM-5 are produced w i t h i n the g e l by s t r u c t u r a l r e a r r a n gements, as expected f o r a Β'-type procedure. (c) When M (from MCI) i s present i n the g e l , very few Na (from Na s i l i c a t e ) i s incorporated i n the z e o l i t e l a t t i c e (Table V I I ) . A p o s s i b l e e x p l a n a t i o n i s to assume that the " f r e e " M ions (among which Na from NaCl) i n t e r a c t w i t h the a l u m i n o s i l i c a t e g e l (and e v e n t u a l l y d i r e c t i t s s t r u c t u r e t o wards a z e o l i t e framework by template e f f e c t ) , more r e a d i l y than the Na which were o r i g i n a l l y a s s o c i a t e d w i t h the s i l i c a t e anions. (d) (Al/M) r a t i o , greater than u n i t y f o r L i and Na z e o l i t e s , almost reaches u n i t y f o r (Cs) ZSM-5. I t i s concluded that i n the f i r s t case, Pr^N e n t i t i e s act as both s t r u c t u r e d i r e c t i n g u n i t s and exchange c a t i o n s , w h i l e i n the second ca se, they are e s s e n t i a l l y present w i t h i n the z e o l i t e l a t t i c e as Pr4N0H. Further s t u d i e s are i n progress to e l u c i d a t e the a c t u a l s t r u c t u r e of P r ^ N ions i n the (M) ZSM-5 z e o l i tes (75). (e) (Al/M) r a t i o i s constant f o r v a r i o u s c r y s t a l s i z e s (Figure 11), i n d i c a t i n g that the i n c o r p o r a t i o n of the a l k a l i i s go verned by the A l c o n c e n t r a t i o n . The general behaviour of the a l k a l i c a t i o n s i n presence of a l u m i n o s i l i c a t e gels and t h e i r i n f l u e n c e on z e o l i t e n u c l e a t i o n and c r y s t a l l i z a t i o n rates has been discussed i n d e t a i l elsewhere (26). T h e i r s p e c i f i c r o l e i n the formation of the v a r i o u s (M)ZSM-5 zeo l i t e s can be depicted on the b a s i s of the above described observa tions. 11


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impeded), w i l l be formed. Moreover, because of t h e i r s t r u c t u r e breaking behaviour towards water, the C s c a t i o n s w i l l desorganize the c l a t h r a t e d water s t r u c t u r e of the s i l i c a t e anions, p r e v e n t i n g t h e i r " p r e c i p i t a t i o n a t the P r ^ N centers where the templating e f f e c t occurs. In b a s i c medium, negative A l species appear and condense w i t h the remaining s i l i c a t e e n t i t i e s , as to y i e l d an A l - r i c h a l u m i n o s i l i cate g e l . A few A l - r i c h e r n u c l e i can then form and y i e l d a small amount of A l - r i c h e r ZSM-5 p a r t i c l e s at the end of the process. +

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n u c l e a t i o n i s explained as f o l l o w s . Because of the p r e f e r e n t i a l aluminate-NH i n t e r a c t i o n s , which predominate over s i l i c a t e - N H ^ i n t e r a c t i o n s (26), the A l - r i c h surface of the b i g c r y s t a l l i t e s w i l l have tendency to adsorb the excess of the NH ions and the growth process i s stopped. The r e s u l t i n g s o l u t i o n s t i l l contains Pr^N c a t i o n s and A l - d e p l e t e d a l u m i n o s i l i c a t e anions, w h i l e the concent r a t i o n of N H ions i s now very low. This favours the secondary formation of a l a r g e amount o f new S i - r i c h c r y s t a l l i t e s . T h e i r growth i s stopped as soon as the s o l u t i o n i s exhausted from i n g r e d i e n t s , which e x p l a i n s t h e i r average small s i z e . +

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