Abstract. The objective of this work is to study some post-treatment effects, including hydrothermal treatment, calcination and La2O3 modification, on the catalytic performance of a nanoscale HZSM-5 zeolite for ethylation of coking benzene. The nanoscale HZSM-5 zeolite was treated by hydrothermal treatment, calcination and La2O3 modification in series, and the prepared catalysts were evalua…