PMID- 29267245 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190110 LR - 20190110 IS - 1420-3049 (Electronic) IS - 1420-3049 (Linking) VI - 23 IP - 1 DP - 2017 Dec 21 TI - Comparative Study between Direct and Pseudomorphic Transformation of Rice Husk Ash into MFI-Type Zeolite. LID - 10.3390/molecules23010001 [doi] LID - 1 AB - Pre-shaped mesoporous amorphous rice husk ash (RHA) and MCM-41 derived from RHA as a silica source were transformed into MFI-type zeolites using two different structure-directing agents. Tetrapropylammonium hydroxide (TPAOH) was utilized as an alkali source for silica dissolution and structure control during the direct transformation of RHA into zeolite. A monopropylamine (PA)-containing alkaline solution (NaOH) was used for the pseudomorphic transformation of RHA or MCM-41 into zeolite. The hydrothermal conversion of RHA or MCM-41 into MFI-type zeolites was investigated as a function of reaction time at 175 degrees C. With PA as template, the crystallization took place inside and on the outer surface of RHA or MCM-41 without losing the original shape of the initial silica sources, while TPAOH led to the formation of conventional MFI-type zeolite crystals due to the complete dissolution of RHA. The final products were characterized by X-ray diffraction, nitrogen adsorption, scanning electron microscopy, and optical emission spectroscopy. FAU - Alyosef, Hallah Ahmad AU - Alyosef HA AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2345-7738 AD - Institute of Chemical Technology, Universitat Leipzig, Linnestr. 3, 04103 Leipzig, Germany. hallah.alyosef81@gmail.com. FAU - Roggendorf, Hans AU - Roggendorf H AD - Institute of Physics, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany. hans.roggendorf@physik.uni-halle.de. FAU - Schneider, Denise AU - Schneider D AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0450-9176 AD - Institute of Chemical Technology, Universitat Leipzig, Linnestr. 3, 04103 Leipzig, Germany. denise.schneider@uni-leipzig.de. FAU - Inayat, Alexandra AU - Inayat A AD - Institute of Chemical Reaction Engineering, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nurnberg (FAU), Egerlandstr. 3, 91058 Erlangen, Germany. alexandra.inayat@fau.de. FAU - Welscher, Julia AU - Welscher J AD - Institute of Chemical Reaction Engineering, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nurnberg (FAU), Egerlandstr. 3, 91058 Erlangen, Germany. julia.welscher@fau.de. FAU - Schwieger, Wilhelm AU - Schwieger W AD - Institute of Chemical Reaction Engineering, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nurnberg (FAU), Egerlandstr. 3, 91058 Erlangen, Germany. wilhelm.schwieger@fau.de. FAU - Munster, Tom AU - Munster T AD - Institute of Mineralogy, Crystallography and Materials Science, Universitat Leipzig, Scharnhorststrasse 20, 04275 Leipzig, Germany. tom.muenster@gmx.de. FAU - Kloess, Gert AU - Kloess G AD - Institute of Mineralogy, Crystallography and Materials Science, Universitat Leipzig, Scharnhorststrasse 20, 04275 Leipzig, Germany. kloess@uni-leipzig.de. FAU - Ibrahim, Suzan AU - Ibrahim S AD - Central Metallurgical Research & Development Institute (CMRDI), P.O. Box 87, Helwan 11421, Egypt. suzansibrahim@gmail.com. FAU - Enke, Dirk AU - Enke D AD - Institute of Chemical Technology, Universitat Leipzig, Linnestr. 3, 04103 Leipzig, Germany. dirk.enke@uni-leipzig.de. LA - eng PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article DEP - 20171221 PL - Switzerland TA - Molecules JT - Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) JID - 100964009 RN - 0 (MCM-41) RN - 1318-02-1 (Zeolites) RN - 7631-86-9 (Silicon Dioxide) RN - N762921K75 (Nitrogen) SB - IM MH - Adsorption MH - Crystallization/*methods MH - Microscopy, Electron, Scanning/methods MH - Nitrogen/chemistry MH - Oryza/*chemistry MH - Photoelectron Spectroscopy/methods MH - Porosity MH - Silicon Dioxide/*chemical synthesis MH - Surface Properties MH - Temperature MH - X-Ray Diffraction/methods MH - Zeolites/*chemical synthesis PMC - PMC5943920 OTO - NOTNLM OT - MCM-41 OT - MFI-type zeolite OT - amorphous OT - hydrothermal treatment OT - pseudomorphic transformation OT - rice husk ash COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. The founding sponsors had no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript, and in the decision to publish the results. EDAT- 2017/12/22 06:00 MHDA- 2019/01/11 06:00 PMCR- 2017/12/21 CRDT- 2017/12/22 06:00 PHST- 2017/11/03 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/12/13 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2017/12/16 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/12/22 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2017/12/22 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/01/11 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/12/21 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - molecules23010001 [pii] AID - molecules-23-00001 [pii] AID - 10.3390/molecules23010001 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Molecules. 2017 Dec 21;23(1):1. doi: 10.3390/molecules23010001.