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AUTHOR
Martin Bülow
Sorption Kinetics of Benzene and p-Xylene on Template Supported Synthesized Gallosilicates
Adsorption equilibria and kinetics of benzene and p-xylene on microporous gallosilicates (Ga-MFI) were measured piezometrically to ascertain the role of Ga in the system and to compare it with Ga-free MFI structures. The intracrystalline mobility of benzene follows a diffusional mechanism throughout the entire concentration range with an energy of activation that considerably exceeds that for the Ga-free species (78 kJmol−1 and 26 kJmol−1, respectively). For p-xylene, the kinetics indicate the existence of three sorption states. Sorbing species become highly immobile at a pore filling of ca n > 4 molecules per unit cell, i.e. in the range of concentration where isotherm hysteresis occurs. T…
Intracrystalline Diffusion of Benzene in Ga-Silicate
Abstract The sorption kinetics of benzene in large Ga-MFI crystals was investigated under constant volume- variable pressure conditions. A complete analysis of the uptake curves has been performed using solution of a nonlinear Volterra equation which describes the interaction of uptake process with the apparatus. Within the time scale of uptake measurements (10 3 -10 4 s) the uptake curves were found to be consistent with the solution of the second Fick's law. Corrected diffusion coefficients were found to be essentially independent of loading within the loading range investigated and in contrast to the system benzene-HNaZSM-5 [1,2] their temperature dependence is much stronger.