Structural changes of synthetic paulingite (Na,H-ECR-18) upon dehydration and CO2 adsorption
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The structure of dehydrated calcined ECR-18, synthetic paulingite, topology type PAU, unit cell composition Na132H28Si512Al160O1344, has been determined by Rietveld refinement against synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction data. Upon dehydration the symmetry of Na,H-ECR-18 changes from Im3m to I 43m, with a corresponding decrease of cubic unit cell a parameter from 34.89412(1) A to 33.3488(3) A. This occurs as the framework distorts to afford closer coordination of Na+ cations by framework O atoms in 8-ring window sites of the seven cage types present. Na+ cations in 8R sites block the access of N2 molecules to the internal pore space at 77 K but CO2 adsorption at 308 K is observed, and is postulated to occur via a 'trapdoor' mechanism. In situ PXRD during CO2 adsorption at pressures up to 10 bar show reversible broadening of diffraction peaks that is attributed to local crystallographic strain.
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Greenaway , A G , Shin , J , Cox , P A , Shiko , E , Thompson , S P , Brandani , S , Hong , S B & Wright , P A 2015 , ' Structural changes of synthetic paulingite (Na,H-ECR-18) upon dehydration and CO 2 adsorption ' , Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie , vol. 230 , no. 4 , pp. 223-231 . https://doi.org/10.1515/zkri-2014-1824
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Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie
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(c) 2014, Paul A. Wright et al., published by De Gruyter. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Public License. (CC BY 3.0)
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