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Title: Solid-state cesium-133 NMR studies of cations in Cs/Li/Na zeolite A: An example of cation dynamics involving three sites

Journal Article · · Journal of Physical Chemistry; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/j100164a059· OSTI ID:5954501
 [1];  [2]
  1. Indiana State Univ., Terre Haute (United States)
  2. Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)

{sup 133}Cs NMR spectra show marked changes in the line shape as a function of temperature for a fully hydrated zeolite. A sample containing a mixture of Li{sup +}, Na{sup +}, and Cs{sup +} ions. A single Lorentzian peak is observed at temperature above 285 K, and three resolvable peaks are observed at temperatures below 268 K. These three peaks arise from the Cs{sup +} ion at the sites of the single eight-membered ring (S8R), the single six-membered ring (S6R), and the {alpha}-cage sites near the four-membered rings. The experimental line shapes are satisfactorily simulated by the modified Bloch equations that include the chemical exchange kinetics between these three sites. The analysis yields a lifetime, {tau}, of 0.12 ms for the Cs{sup +} at S8R site at 297 K. The Arrhenius plot yields an activation energy of 44 kJ/mol for the site-exchange process of the charge-balancing Cs{sup +} ions. The exchange between the S6R and S8R sites is considered to be the elementary step of the Cs{sup +} diffusion process.

DOE Contract Number:
W-31109-ENG-38
OSTI ID:
5954501
Journal Information:
Journal of Physical Chemistry; (United States), Vol. 95:11; ISSN 0022-3654
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English