Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2012, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (1): 192-198.DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1088.2012.10828

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Recystallization of HCl-Treated Y Zeolite with Short Range Order

SONG Yanmei, REN Nan, TANG Yi*   

  1. Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Institute of Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
  • Received:2011-08-10 Revised:2011-09-21 Online:2012-01-16 Published:2015-05-26

Abstract: A series of acid-treated Y zeolite crystals with different crystallinities were obtained by treating commercial Y zeolite in HCl solution. The acid-treated Y zeolites were characterized by X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and 27Al and 29Si MAS NMR. The results indicated that the acid-treated Y zeolites were almost amorphous but some short-range-order aluminosilicate species were retained. The acid-treated Y zeolites were recrystallized at 150 oC with 0.3 mol/L NaOH solution by the steam-assist crystallization method, and the pure mordenite zeolite products with the morphology from aggregate of nano-rod to micron-sized crystal were obtained within a suitable Si/Al ratio range. Their BET surface area is higher than 400 m2/g and micropore volume is up to 0.19 cm3/g.

Key words: Y zeolite, hydrochloric acid treatment, local range order, mordenite, steam-assisted crystallization