Zeolite Characterization and Catalysis A Tutorial
Zeolites have been an important material in catalysis and other applications (adsorbents, detergents) for the last 50 years. While new types of porous materials (ordered mesopores, metal organic frameworks) are now attracting more R&D attention, zeoli
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Arthur W. Chester
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Eric G. Derouane
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Zeolite Characterization and Catalysis A Tutorial
Editors Arthur W. Chester Dept. of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Rutgers University Piscataway, NJ 08854 USA [email protected]
Prof. E.G. Derouane Formerly Departamento de Quı´mica Bioquı´mica e Farma´cia Faculdade de Cieˆncias e Tecnologia Universidade do Algarve 8005-139 FARO Portugal
ISBN 978-1-4020-9677-8 e-ISBN 978-1-4020-9678-5 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9678-5 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2009937221 # Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2009 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Cover illustration:Atlas of Zeolite Structures, 5th Ed., Elsevier, 2001 Cover design: WMXDesign GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
The idea for putting together a tutorial on zeolites came originally from my co-editor, Eric Derouane, about 5 years ago. I first met Eric in the mid-1980s when he spent 2 years working for Mobil R&D at our then Corporate lab at Princeton, NJ. He was on the senior technical staff with projects in the synthesis and characterization of new materials. At that time, I managed a group at our Paulsboro lab that was responsible for catalyst characterization in support of our catalyst and process development efforts, and also had a substantial group working on new material synthesis. Hence, our interests overlapped considerably and we met regularly. After Eric moved back to Namur (initially), we maintained contact, and in the 1990s, we met a number of times in Europe on projects of joint interest. It was after I retired from ExxonMobil in 2002 that we began to discuss the tutorial concept seriously. Eric had (semi-)retired and lived on the Algarve, the southern coast of Portugal. In January 2003, my wife and I spent 3 weeks outside of Lagos, and I worked parts of most days with Eric on the proposed content of the book. We decided on a comprehensive approach that ultimately amounted to some 20+ chapters covering all of zeolite chemistry and catalysis and gave it the title Zeolite Chemistry and Catalysis: An integrated Approach and Tutorial. Over the next several years, we sought authors for these chapters among both industry and academia. Inclusion of industrial authors was important, since so much of early zeolite science was developed in the industry, before it became a major academic subject. But many industrial authors had difficulty with finding the time and feared that their company proprietary restrictions would hamper them. So many times we had to go back and find new authors. Wh
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