Nature of the FTIR band in acidic zeolites

  • Zaki S. Seddigi*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The nature of a FTIR band (1490 cm-1) in the spectrum of zeolite HZSM-5 after pyridine adsorption was investigated. It is shown that the source of this band is not a combined contribution from Brönsted and Lewis acidic sites as widely believed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)63-70
Number of pages8
JournalReaction Kinetics and Catalysis Letters
Volume73
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2001

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
Acknowledgement. The author acknowledges the Chemistry Department and the Center for Refining and Petrochemicals, Research Institute, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals for supporting this work.

Keywords

  • Acidic sites
  • Adsorbed pyridine
  • FTIR
  • High silica zeolite
  • TPD

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Catalysis
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

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