The diffusivities of long n-alkanes in ZSM-5 have been measured by quasi-el
astic neutron scattering (QENS). Self-diffusion coefficients and activation
energies for chains up to C-14 have been obtained. Reasonable agreement is
observed with single-crystal membrane experiments, except for C-6, but lar
ge discrepancies are found with the zero-length column (ZLC) method. The di
ffusivities predicted by a hierarchical simulation diverge from those measu
red by QENS after C-6, although the activation energies for diffusion are c
omparable. The discrepancy with MD simulations is larger. QENS results show
that diffusion of branched alkanes is much more restricted than the one of
linear alkanes in this structure. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All right
s reserved.