Ti. Koranyi et al., XENON NMR ANALYSIS OF SULFIDED AND NON-SULFIDED NINAY ZEOLITE CATALYSTS PREPARED BY ION-EXCHANGE, Colloids and surfaces. A, Physicochemical and engineering aspects, 72, 1993, pp. 143-152
NaY zeolites, ion-exchanged by Ni2+, are investigated by xenon adsorpt
ion and by Xe-129 NMR. Sulfided and non-sulfided samples are compared.
In addition sulfided samples are characterized by thiophene hydrodesu
lfurization (HDS). The nickel species are mainly located inside the ze
olitic structure in both types of sample, The small nickel sulfide clu
sters are efficient thiophene HDS catalysts. Some aspects of the model
s used to calculate supercage diameters from Xe-129 NMR chemical shift
s are discussed.