What is it about?
Zeolites are porous minerals and also important synthetic materials, exploited in many industrial applications. Their efficient application requires a deep understanding of their behavior at the conditions of the industrial process, which often involve high-pressure treatments. Here, we studied some zeolites at very high pressure to reveal how their structure is deformed under these harsh conditions.
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Why is it important?
We explained the deformation mechanisms of these porous materials by analyzing their flexibility under high-pressure and high-temperature conditions. We found that most zeolites have impressive resistance to compression because of the flexibility of their structure.
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This was one of the first studies on zeolites under compression - it was actually a sort of review, because at that time data on the high-pressure behaviour of these materials were very scarce. Today, high-pressure experiments have become widespread, hence the idea contained in this work have turned out to be particularly useful.
Gloria Tabacchi
university of insubria
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This page is a summary of: Structural deformation mechanisms of zeolites under pressure, American Mineralogist, October 2003, Mineralogical Society of America,
DOI: 10.2138/am-2003-1004.
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