Flexibility of the zeolite RHO framework. In situ X-ray and neutron powder structural characterization of divalent cation-exchanged zeolite RHO

Journal Article · Wed Jun 06 00:00:00 EDT 1990 · Journal of the American Chemical Society; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00168a029· OSTI ID:6619947

Corbin, D R; Abrams, L; Jones, G A ^[1]; Eddy, M M; Harrison, W T.A.; Stucky, G D ^[2]; Cox, D E ^[3]

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1. E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Inc., Wilmington, DE (USA)
2. Univ. of California, Santa Barbara (USA)
3. Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY (USA)

Zeolite RHO has an unusual three-dimensional monolayer surface with a topology that gives equal access to either side of the surface. In the absence of supporting structural subunits, e.g., smaller cages or channels, RHO exhibits atypical framework flexibility with large displacive rearrangements. These have been investigated by in situ X-ray powder diffraction studies of zeolite RHO exchanged with various divalent cations. The unit cell variation (e.g., Ca,H-RHO (400{degree}C), a = 13.970 (5) {angstrom}; Sr-RHO (250{degree}C), a = 14.045 (1) {angstrom}; Ba-RHO (200{degree}C), a = 14.184 (2) {angstrom}; Cd-RHO (350{degree}C), a = 14.488 (3) {angstrom}; Na,Cs-RHO (25{degree}C), a = 15.031 (1) {angstrom}) is a particularly sensitive function of cation and temperature. Rietveld analysis of neutron diffraction data was used to refine the structures of two samples, Ca,ND{sub 4}-RHO and Ca,D-RHO. Ca,D-RHO shows the largest reported deviation from Im{bar 3}m symmetry (a = 13.9645 (7) {angstrom}) for a RHO structure.

• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH00016
• OSTI ID: 6619947
• Journal Information: Journal of the American Chemical Society; (USA), Vol. 112:12; ISSN 0002-7863
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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