Adsorption Characteristics in Zeolite Nano-Pore Evaluated by use of Nitrogen Monoxide as a Probe Adsorbate

Abstract

Adsorption isotherms of nitrogen monoxide (NO) and in situ EPR spectra of adsorbed NO on mordenite zeolites (MOR) of different cation types (HM, NaM and CaM) are measured at different temperatures to elucidate the effect of the strong adsorption promoted by the enhancement of potential field in micropore of MOR (micropore filling) as well as the electrostatic interaction in MOR on NO adsorption. The NO molecules adsorb irreversibly and fill up the micropore of MOR at 201 K, above the critical temperature of NO, regardless of the kind of cation species. The NO adsorption takes place even at 273 K. In the adsorption at 273 K, the strength of electrostatic field formed by cation sites affects the adsorptivity and the order of saturation amount of adsorption (V s) corresponds to that of the electrostatic field strength. EPR results show that NO molecules strongly interact with cation sites in MOR and disproponation reaction of NO take place on CaM.