The adsorption structure of water on H-ferrierite at room temperature was i
nvestigated with Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy using (H2O)-O-16 a
nd (H2O)-O-18. From the isotope shifts, three bands from 3000 to 1500 cm(-1
) were conclusively assigned to the so-called A, B, C triplet of the hydrog
en-bonded complex of water and the Bronsted acid hydroxyl groups on zeolite
s. The shifts of other bands also confirmed that the structure of adsorbed
water molecules on H-ferrierite is the hydrogen-bonded one. (C) 1999 Elsevi
er Science B.V. All rights reserved.