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Robustness of Methane Diffusion in Geometrically Restricted Molecular Sieve Pores

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

Sriram S. Nivarthi
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota 421 Washington Avenue S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455
H. Ted Davis
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota 421 Washington Avenue S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455
Alon V. McCormick
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota 421 Washington Avenue S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455
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Abstract

NMR measurements of sorbate mobility in zeolites are especially attractive because of their capability of measuring multicomponent and anisotropic self-diffusion. We have recently reported the application of the pulsed field gradient NMR technique using very large zeolite crystals to study how easily methane can diffuse when we attempt to slow its migration by crowding the pore space. Here we analyze the implications of these PFG NMR experiments involving (i) ethylene blocking of methane in zeolite NaY; and (ii) methane molecules trying to pass one another in the molecular sieve A1PO4-5.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1995

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