Ma. Springuelhuet et al., XE-129 NMR-STUDY OF THE BED RESISTANCE TO MOLECULAR-TRANSPORT IN ASSEMBLAGES OF ZEOLITE CRYSTALLITES, Journal of physical chemistry, 100(17), 1996, pp. 7200-7203
The NMR spectroscopy of xenon sorbed in beds of ZSM-5 zeolite is used
to study the rate of adsorption of benzene molecules from the gas phas
e, as well as the rate of the combined process of adsorption and desor
ption in a bed consisting of two types of crystallites, some being ini
tially benzene-loaded, some not. The exchange rate is shown to depend
dramatically on the crystallite arrangement. The magnitudes of the obs
erved rate constants and line shifts are confirmed by calculations bas
ed on simple models.