Issue 40, 2023

Study of the diffusion properties of zeolite mixtures by combined gravimetric analysis, IR spectroscopy and inversion methods (IRIS)

Abstract

We report the development of a new method of investigation of the mass transport properties of acidic zeolite-based materials aiming to overcome the limitations of classical approaches. It consists in hyphenating gravimetric analysis and infrared spectroscopy. The former allows assessing the diffusion from the gas phase to all the porosity, while IR allows for selective assessment of diffusion to the zeolite active sites located in the micropores. Furthermore, the data are processed by an original methodology allowing the recovery of the distribution of diffusion domains by inversion of the integral equations describing the uptake curves or the evolution of the infrared spectra. The combination of gravimetric analysis and IR spectroscopy makes it possible to monitor and distinguish diffusion within the various components of the material. The methodology has been applied to the isooctane uptake in the mechanical mixture of FAU and MFI zeolites. Analysis of both gravimetric uptake curves and evolving infrared spectra allows distinguishing and assigning diffusion domains to the H-FAU and H-MFI components of the mixture, with high and low effective diffusion rate constants, respectively. The advantages and limits of the methodology are discussed.

Graphical abstract: Study of the diffusion properties of zeolite mixtures by combined gravimetric analysis, IR spectroscopy and inversion methods (IRIS)

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
06 Apr 2023
Accepted
16 Sep 2023
First published
18 Sep 2023

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2023,25, 27170-27180

Study of the diffusion properties of zeolite mixtures by combined gravimetric analysis, IR spectroscopy and inversion methods (IRIS)

A. Ait Blal, D. Stosic, P. Bazin, A. Vimont and A. Travert, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2023, 25, 27170 DOI: 10.1039/D3CP01585H

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