Jn. Watson et al., DETECTION OF TPA-SILICALITE PRECURSORS NUCLEATED DURING THE ROOM-TEMPERATURE AGING OF A CLEAR HOMOGENEOUS SYNTHESIS SOLUTION, Journal of the Chemical Society. Faraday transactions (Print), 94(15), 1998, pp. 2181-2186
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The transformations occurring during the aging of a clear silicalite p
reparation at room temperature were studied by small angle X-ray (SAXS
) and neutron scattering (SANS), X-ray diffraction and IR spectroscopy
. Particles with a radius of gyration of 28 A were detected in a solut
ion that was aged at room temperature for six months. A cylindrical fo
rm factor provided the best fit to the experimental scattering functio
ns and so a similar particle morphology to that formed during the init
ial stages of the hydrothermal synthesis at 100 degrees C can be presu
med. The IR spectrum of a freeze dried sample taken from the aged solu
tion shows a band at 560 cm(-1) characteristic of the framework struct
ure of silicalite, and a SANS contrast variation study showed that the
scattering species contain the tetrapropylammonium template. The time
required for the hydrothermal crystallisation of silicalite was signi
ficantly reduced by aging the silicalite preparation prior to heating
to 100 degrees C.