Abstract
The MOR-type zeolite was synthesized by a template-free method using natural aluminosilicate halloysite nanotubes (HNT) as a hard template and a source of aluminum and silicon. Samples were studied using a complex of physicochemical methods of analysis: XRD, TEM, N2 physisorption, NH3-TPD and XRF. Specific BET surface area of MOR prepared using HNT is 306 m2/g, mesopores in the MOR:HNT accounted for 30 % of the total pore volume. Based on the synthesized materials (MOR, MOR:HNT and MOR + HNT), Pt-containing catalysts were prepared. The catalysts were investigated in the gas-phase isomerization of C-8 aromatic fraction in a temperature range of 360–420 °C, varying LHSV from 2 to 6 h−1, at H2 pressure of 1 MPa and hydrogen/feedstock volume ratio of 900 nl/l. The prepared catalysts demonstrated strong activity in ethylbenzene transformation (more than 95 %), while providing a high yield of p-xylene (more than 95 % of thermodynamic value).
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