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The Structure and Properties of Two New SilicotitanateZeolites

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 September 2012

M. L. Balmer
Affiliation:
Materials and Chemical Sciences Department, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352
Y. Su
Affiliation:
Materials and Chemical Sciences Department, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352
I. E. Grey
Affiliation:
CSIRO Division of Minerals, Melbourne, Australia
A. Santoro
Affiliation:
Reactor Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899
R. S. Roth
Affiliation:
Reactor Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899
Q. Huang
Affiliation:
University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742
N. Hess
Affiliation:
Materials and Chemical Sciences Department, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352
B. C. Bunker
Affiliation:
Materials and Chemical Sciences Department, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352
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Abstract

Two new zeolitic crystalline phases with stoichiometry, CSTiSi2O6.5 and CS2TiSi6O15, have been discovered. CSTiSi2O6.5 has a crystal structure isomorphous tothe mineral pollucite, CsAlSi2O6, with Ti+4replacing Al+3. This replacement requires a mechanism for chargecompensation. A combination of techniques including neutron diffraction,single crystal x-ray diffraction and x-ray absorption spectroscopy haverevealed that eight extra oxygens are present per unit cell Cs2TiSi2O6.5 as compared to pollucite.As a result of the extra oxygen, the titanium coordination geometry isfive-fold. Pentacoordinate titanium and tetrahedral silicon form a networkstructure with Cs residing in cages formed by the network. The crystalstructure of Cs2TiSi6O15 is unique, withtitanium octahedra and silicon tetrahedra forming an open frameworkstructure with the Cs residing in large cavities. The largest covalentlybonded ring opening to the Cs cavities in both compounds are smaller than aCs ion, revealing that the Cs ion has minimal mobility in the structure.Cesium leach rates for both compounds are lower than or comparable toborosilicate glass.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1997

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