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Study of the effects of initial-bred nuclei on zeolite NaA crystallization by quasi-elastic light scattering spectroscopy and electron microscopy

  • Worcester Polytechnic Institute
  • Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Abstract

Synthesis studies have been conducted at 25, 60, and 80°C with a clear solution batch composition that produces zeolite NaA. Aluminosilicate precursor material was added to promote the synthesis and to evaluate the effects of adding initial-bred nuclei that were created by a precursor "seed" reaction. It is shown that the initial-bred nuclei promoted the crystallization rate, that the crystalline mass produced was increased when using the initial-bred nuclei, and that the nucleation of a second population was not inhibited by the addition of initial-bred nuclei as seeds. © Elsevier Science Inc. 1997.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)98-106
Number of pages9
JournalZeolites
Volume19
Issue number2-3
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 1997

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