| Synthesis and Morphological Transformation of NaA Zeolite Crystals at High Temperature |
| Young-Mi Kim, Ik-Jin Kim |
| Institute for Processing and Application of Inorganic Materials (PAIM), Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Hanseo University |
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| ABSTRACT |
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Well-shaped NaA zeolite cubic crystals of a large size of $5-7{mu}m$ were synthesized by a hydrothermal method in a mother solution having a $3.55Na_2O:Al_2O_3:1.6SiO_2:593~2000H_2O$ composition. Thermal treatment of NaA zeolite crystals resulted in the formation of a crystalline phase of $NaAlSiO_4-Camegeite$ between 800 and $900^{circ}C$. Even at $1000^{circ}C,;NaAlSiO_4$ phase was found as a major product. Environmental Scanning Electron Microscopy (ESEM), High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy (HRTEM), X-Ray powder Diffraction (XRD), Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, and DTA/TGA and BET analyses were used to characterize the initial materials and the obtained products after various heat treatments. |
| Key words:
NaA zeolite, Crystal morphology, Heat treatment, Phase transformation |
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