Iv. Mishin et al., THE THERMAL-STABILITY OF THE FRAMEWORK, HYDROXYL-GROUPS, AND ACTIVE-SITES OF FAUJASITES, Kinetics and catalysis, 35(4), 1994, pp. 584-590
The effect of the framework composition on the crystallinity and ''den
sity'' of hydroxyl groups and the concentration of active sites is rep
orted for hydrogen forms of Y zeolites preheated at 400 - 1000-degrees
-C. The increase in the Si/Al ratios results in improved resistance of
the framework atoms and hydroxyl groups to high temperatures and in e
nhanced thermal stability of the sites that are active in the cracking
of isooctane and disproportion of ethylbenzene.