Investigations into the adsorption behaviour of zeolites using nuclear magnetic resonance

The interactions between adsorbed molecules and the walls of the cavities in faujasite have been investigated; even the sodium form of the A type zeolite was included in the investigation. The nuclear magnetic resonance measurements were performed with a varian DP-60 wide line resonance spectrometer. The measuring frequency was generally 16 MHg the modulation frequency 20 Hz. The resonance effect was recorded in the form of the derived absorption signal. It was found that the water molecules form hydrogen bonds to the oxygen ions of the alumozilicate structure, the hydrogen sulphide on the other hand splits off protons which under formation of OH groups bind in the oxygen ions of the alumosilicate structure. The results obtained with sulphur dioxide imply that these molecules bind onto the oxygen ions of the alumosilicate structure via sulphur and thus occupy their free electron pairs. The translation mobility of the absorbed molecules present at room temperature is very much reduced when cooling down to certain temperatures; this solidification temperature of the adsorbate lies below that of the pure liquids. Probably the absorbed molecules are deposited in one or several layers onto the walls of the cavity. Prefered sorption sites for the faujasites are the sodium ions in front of the six-membered rings on the walls fo the large cavities, with NaA, on the other hand, the sodium ions are in the eight-membered rings. (ORU)