Surface characterization of Zn-modified H-ZSM-5 zeolites

The surface properties of microporous aluminosilicates are of primary importance in chemical technology and catalysis. The determination of the surface area, pore volume, and pore size and size distribution for microporous aluminosilicates is a complex scientific and technical problem related to both accurate measurements and the correct choice of a mathematical model that adequately describes the physicochemical processes occurring on the test surface. Currently, t-plot, as-plot, Dubinin-Radushkevich model, Dillimore model and Horvath-Kawazoe model are frequently used, each of which has certain advantages and certain disadvantages, to determine micropores in the material. It should be noted that t-plot model found the most frequent use. This is a consequence of the good correlation of volumes and pore areas obtained with its help with theoretically calculated values for various materials. In this point, the article provides a calculation of Zn-modified zeolite H-ZSM-5 surface properties using the t-plot model, for which nitrogen adsorption isotherms were originally obtained...