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Electron spin-echo and electron spin-resonance studies of cupric ion-adsorbate interactions in hydrogen, sodium, potassium, and calcium mordenite

Journal Article · · Journal of Physical Chemistry; (USA)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/j100348a052· OSTI ID:6824900
The interaction between cupric ion and both polar and nonpolar adsorbates in mordenite-type zeolite was studied as a function of the cocation. Cu{sup 2+} was able to coordinate to three molecules of either water or ammonia in H-mordenite but to only two molecules of each in Na-, K-, or Ca-mordenite. These results suggest that Cu{sup 2+} is located in a site off the main channel in H-mordenite but in a highly twisted 8-ring site in the other forms of mordenite. Evidence based on adsorption and activation studies also suggests that some Cu{sup 2+} is located in an additional, unidentified site in H-mordenite. These results are compared to the results of similar studies of cupric ion in zeolite ZSM-5.
OSTI ID:
6824900
Journal Information:
Journal of Physical Chemistry; (USA), Journal Name: Journal of Physical Chemistry; (USA) Vol. 93:11; ISSN 0022-3654; ISSN JPCHA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English