Differential heat of ammonia adsorption and adsorption mechanism in Са4Na4A zeolite

Аннотация

This article presents the experimentally obtained values of differential enthalpy of ammonia adsorption at 303 K in Ca₄Na₄A (Horst-50/50) zeolite of the LTA type. The enthalpy values were measured using a modified Tian-Calvet-type DAC-1-1A microcalorimeter connected to a universal high-vacuum device. The regular relationship between the amount of ammonia adsorption and differential enthalpy in Ca₄Na₄A (Horst-50/50) zeolite, as well as the adsorption mechanism from the initial region to the condensation heat of ammonia, and the filling of the zeolite volume by ammonia molecules, was determined. Under experimental conditions, the adsorption capacity of Ca₄Na₄A (Horst-50/50) zeolite for ammonia was found to be 8.8 mmol/g. The differential heat values were found to vary according to the number of Na⁺ and Ca²⁺ cations in the zeolite structure, with ammonia molecules forming pentameric 5NH₃:Na⁺ ion-molecular complexes with sodium cations and dimeric 3NH₃:Ca²⁺ ion-molecular complexes with calcium cations in the first coordination sphere of the zeolite.