Zeolites: Science and Technology

• I. History, structure and synthesis.- Molecular sieve zeolite technology: the first twenty five years.- Zeolite structure.- Zeolite crystallography.- Synthesis of zeolites, an overview.- Study on the mechanism of crystallization of zeolites A, X and Y.- II. Physical characterization and sorption fundamentals.- The physical characterization of zeolites.- Structural characterization of zeolites by high resolution magic-angle-spinning solid state29Si-NMR spectroscopy.- Multinuclear solide-state NMR study of mordenite crystallization.- Sorption by zeolites: I – Equilibria and energetics.- Sorption by zeolites: II — Kinetics and diffusivities.- III. Catalysis.- Unifying principles in zeolite chemistry and catalysis.- Acidic Catalysis with zeolites.- Molecular shape-selective catalysis by zeolites.- Transition metal exchanged zeolites: physical and catalytic properties.- Zeolite bifunctional catalysis.- IV. Industrial applications.- Design aspects of catalytic reactors and adsorbers.- Engineering aspects of catalytic cracking.- Conversion of methanol to gasoline over zeolite catalysts I Reaction mechanisms.- Conversion of methanol to gasoline over zeolite catalysts II Industrial processes.- Use of platinum HY zeolite and platinum H mordenite in the hydroisomerization of n-hexane.- Zeolites as catalysts in xylene isomerization processes.- Ion exchange separations with molecular sieve zeolites.- Selective adsorption processes: N-Iself.- Pressure swing adsorption.- List of Participants.

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