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Page CHAPTER - I : INTRODUCTION 1
Synthetic zeolite type A 2
Unit cell composition and
cation sites 3
Sorption properties 5
Zeolite voids 6
Thermal stability 7
Applications 9
CHAPTER - II : EXPERIMENTAL 11 Materials and ion exchange 11
Composition of zeolites 12
BET apparatus 14
Adsorption of water,
methanol and n-hexane 18
CHAPTER - III : RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 21 X-ray, thermal analysis
and stability of zeolites 21 Desorption of water from
zeolites 26
Hydrothermal stability of
zeolites 27
Adsorption of nitrogen 29
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Page Langmuir, BET and
H-J equations 30
Surface area estimation 32
Free energy of sorption and
pore volume of zeolites 35
Sorption of water and
organic vapour 39
Site selectivity of cations
In zeolite A 41
REFERENCES 43
SUMMARY 47