Abstract

The effect of room temperature aging on the crystallization rate and size of MFI-type crystals synthesized under high temperature was investigated. First, synthesis mixtures yielding MFI-type zeolite were aged at room temperature for periods of time between 1 and 60 days. This was followed by a rapid synthesis in a pre-heated at 230 °C conventional oven. The utilization of a pre-aged initial systems and high heating rates allowed very rapid synthesis of zeolite. The effect of aging time, crystallization temperature, duration of synthesis and aluminum content on the crystal size and yield was systematically studied. Zeolite nanoparticles with sizes ranging from 130 to 260 nm and relatively narrow particle size distributions were synthesized employing the pure-silica system. The obtained nanocrystals were characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, dynamic light scattering and N 2 adsorption measurements.

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