Formation of {alpha}-eucryptite, LiAlSiO{sub 4}: An in-situ synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction study of a high temperature hydrothermal synthesis
Hydrothermal conversion of zeolite Li-A(BW), LiAlSiO{sub 4}{center_dot}H{sub 2}O, into {alpha}-eucryptite, LiAlSiO{sub 4}, occurs at temperatures above 350 C. The authors report here the first in-situ study of a high-temperature hydrothermal synthesis using time-resolved power diffraction. The hydrothermal syntheses were performed in stainless steel capillaries. To maintain hydrothermal conditions, a hydraulic pressure of 2--300 atm was applied. Synchrotron X-ray radiation with energies of 35--40 keV was used in order to penetrate the steel capillaries. Room temperature Imaging Plate powder diffraction data were collected on a sample of zeolite Li-A(BW) contained in a steel capillary in an aqueous solution at 200 atm. pressure. With the use of a 10 min exposure, it was possible successfully to refine the crystal structure of zeolite Li-A(BW) using Rietveld refinement. Angle dispersive time-resolved in-situ powder diffraction patterns were collected using a Translating Imaging Plate (TIP) camera. Crystallization and degradation curves for the high-temperature hydrothermal conversion experiments were determined using integrated intensities of selected diffraction lines. The kinetic curves were analyzed using first-order rate expressions.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of Oslo (NO)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE; Danish Natural Science Research Council
- OSTI ID:
- 20080272
- Journal Information:
- Chemistry of Materials, Vol. 12, Issue 5; Other Information: PBD: May 2000; ISSN 0897-4756
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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