Hydrothermal synthesis of zeolite has been attempted using “Miso”(altered pumice debris) from “Ohya-ishi”, a Miocene dacitic-rhyolitic tuff distributed in Tochigi Prefecture, as the starting material. The sample of “Miso” used contained a smectite mineral, clinoptilolite, and quartz as the principal minerals. The synthesis was carried out for 1 to 3 days in an autoclave kept at 175° and about 9.1 atm. Two sets of starting composition, (0-15) Na
2O-Al
2O
3-(10-38) Si0
2-750H
2O (inorganic system) and 1.5 (0B) 20-3.5Na
2O-Al
20
3-33 SiO
2-750H
2O (organic system), were prepared by mixing the “Miso” with appropriate amounts of sodium hydroxide and/or organic bases (OB) and amorphous, precipitated silica.
The kind of zeolites formed from the inorganic system was dependent on the Na
2O/Al
2O
3 or SiO
2/ Al
2O
3 ratio of the starting composition: at the SiO
2/Al
2O
3ratio=23, mordenite was the main product in the range of Na
2O/Al
2O
3 ratio<5 and analcime, in the range of the ratio>5. When the Na
2O/Al
2O
3 was kept at 5, analcime with some clinoptilolite was the main product in the range of SiO
2/Al
2O
3 ratio<23, and in the range of the ratio>23, mordenite and clinoptilolite coexisted as the main components. Replacement of a part (30mol%) of the Na
2O in the organic systems by organic bases, such as alkylamines and alkylammoniums, was found to be efective in obtaining ZSM-5, an artificial zeolite of high catalytic activity.
The mordenite-containing product obtained by 3 days'treatment showed a strong acidity and a high catalytic activity in methvlation of toluene, which were comparable to those of ZSM-5. The Product containing ZSM-5 and clinoptilolite, obtained from the organic system in this study, showed a high selectivity for p-xylene in the methylation of toluene.
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