Cation‐site location in a natural chabazite
Cation‐site location in a natural chabazite
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天然菱沸石中的阳离子位点位置
DOI:
10.1107/s0567740882003483
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发表时间:
1982
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P. C. Chiaramonti
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作者:
M. Calligaris;G. Nardin;L. Randaccio;P. C. Chiaramonti
(Ca,Sr) chabazite, Cal.aSro.3A13.sSis.3024.13H20 from electron microprobe analysis, rhombohedral, R3m, a = 9.421(4)A, a = 94.20(1) °, U = 829 A 3, Z = 1, g(Mo Ka) = 0.82 mm-~; final R = 0.071 for 578 independent reflections. The location of three cation sites along the [ 1111 direction and of water molecules in the zeolitic cage is discussed and compared with that previously attributed on the basis of a two-dimensional analysis. Introduction. Chabazite is a natural zeolite of group 4, its framework being built up by double six-membered rings (D6R), linked by tilted four-membered rings (Fig. 1). The framework contains large ellipsoidal cavities of 6.7 x 10 A, entered by eight-membered rings (Breck, 1974). The ion-exchange properties and the role played by exchangeable cations in molecule-sieving properties justify the interest for a structural study of chabazites (Mortier, Pluth & Smith, 1977a,b; Pluth, Smith & Mortier, 1977; Barrer, 1978). On the other hand only two-dimensional X-ray diffraction analyses have been reported for hydrated natural chabazites (Smith, Rinaldi & Dent Glasser, 1963; Smith, Knowles & Rinaldi, 1964). From these results it was suggested that cations occupy but one site at x = 0.357, y = 0.494, z = 0.577, so that the crystal should contain two calcium ions and 13 water molecules per unit cell. To verify such an arrangement of cations and water molecules, we have undertaken the three-dimensional 0567-7408/82/020602-04501.00 X-ray analysis of a natural chabazite as the first step of a structural study of chabazites exchanged with transition-metal ions. The natural sample was from north-east Azerbaijan, Iran (Comin-Chiaramonti, Pongiluppi & Vezzalini, 1979). Wavelength dispersive microprobe analysis was carried out on eight single crystals of chabazite, using a fully automated ARLSEMQ instrument. The mean chemical analysis and the atomic ratios evaluated for 24 O atoms are given in Table 1. The chemical analysis indicates that the chabazite is particularly rich in strontium.