Effect of acid treatments on physico-chemical properties and isomerization ac…

Abstract. A series ofmordenite-based catalysts of varying acidity and metal concentrations were prepared and the effect of physico-chemical properties of these catalysts on the n-hexane isomerization activity was studied. Acid treatment with nitric acid greatly influenced the nature and amount of aluminum in the zeolite characterized by 29Si and 27Al NMR. The microcalorimerty studies of amm…