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The origin of strong acidity in dealuminated zeolite-Y

Conference · · American Chemical Society, Division of Petroleum Chemistry, Preprints; (United States)
OSTI ID:6957613
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  1. Texas A and M Univ., College Station, TX (United States)

The commercial utilization of dealuminated Y-type zeolites has generated renewed interest in the origin of strong acidity in these materials. It is now evident that a carefully prepared H-Y zeolite, with its full complement of protons but with no extraframework Al, exhibits very little activity for acid-catalyzed reactions such as the dealkylation of cumene or the cracking of hexane. If these zeolites are dealuminated to ca. 32 framework Al concentration corresponds to a Si/Al ratio of 5.0 or a unit cell dimension, a{sub 0}, of 24.54 {angstrom}. Even if zeolites are not purposely dealuminated at the outset, they become dealuminated to an equilibrium level during their regeneration in a catalytic cracking unit. Early theoretical arguments of Dempsey and also of Mikovsky and Marshall suggested that the acid strength was related to the Al distribution in the framework and that only Al{sub f} atoms with no second-neighbor Al{sub f} atoms in the 4-rings are responsible for strong Broensted acidity. The number of aluminum atoms with 0, 1, 2, and 3 aluminum second neighbors in the 4-rings has been calculated by Beagley et al. The dealumination process, whether by steaming or by treatment with SiCl{sub 4}, not only changes the Al{sub f} distribution but also introduces extraframework Al into the zeolite cavities. It is the purpose of this review to summarize these results and to suggest a model of strong acidity that appears to fit much of the available data. The data include catalytic results on faujasite-type zeolites prepared by several methods, poisoning studies, and infrared studies of hydroxyl groups.

OSTI ID:
6957613
Report Number(s):
CONF-900802--
Journal Information:
American Chemical Society, Division of Petroleum Chemistry, Preprints; (United States), Journal Name: American Chemical Society, Division of Petroleum Chemistry, Preprints; (United States) Vol. 35:4; ISSN 0569-3799; ISSN ACPCA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English