OD71 Equivalent Brønsted Acid Strength and Different Solvation Properties of Thermally and Chemically Treated FAU Zeolites

Friday, June 10, 2011: 9:00 AM
Ambassador Ballroom 1 (Detroit Marriott Hotel at the Renaissance Center )
Rajamani Gounder1, Andrew J. Jones1, Robert T. Carr2 and Enrique Iglesia1, (1)Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, (2)Chemical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Alkane activation and methanol dehydration rates on FAU zeolites depend only on the number of H+, determined rigorously by titration studies during catalysis. These sites are equivalent in acid strength and are titrated stoichiometrically by Na+. Thermal and chemical treatments influence catalytic behavior by changing the solvation properties of supercages.

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