By
Henk van Koningsveld, Senior Scientist, Ceramic Membrane Centre "The Pore", Delft University, The Netherlands
Description
This compendium describes all known zeolite framework types. The first part gives a pictorial description of how the framework can be
built using periodic building units (PerBUs). The PerBUs are built from smaller units composed of a limited number of T-atoms (such as
Si, Al, P, Ga, B, Be etc.) by applying simple operation(s) to the smaller unit, e.g. translation, rotation. The zeolite framework types
are analysed in terms of these component PerBUs. The second part covers the larger cages, cavities and/or channels in the zeolite framework
together with the framework type codes (FTCs) in which they appear. In addition, two appendices are included for easy-referencing. Two
appendices are added. The first giving a survey of cages as type characteristics with their FTCs. The second summarizing those channels
and cavities that appear in more than one framework type.
The
Compendium of Zeolite Framework Types contains complementary
information to the data in the "Atlas of Zeolite Framework Types" (Baerlocher
et al (2001) Elsevier, London). The latter contains
the topological symmetry, unit cell data and pore dimensions.
Audience:
Universities (Catalysis Laboratories) - students and researchers, industrial catalysis laboratories.
