Lithium ion-exchanged zeolite particles and methods of making such lithium ion-exchanged zeolite particles are provided herein. The method includes combining precursor zeolite particles with (NH.sub.4).sub.3PO.sub.4 to form a first mixture including intermediate zeolite particles including NH.sub.4.sup.+ cations. The method further includes adding a lithium salt to the first mixture to form the lithium ion-exchanged zeolite particles, or separating the intermediate zeolite particle from the first mixture and combining the intermediate zeolite particles with the lithium salt to form the lithium ion-exchanged zeolite particles.

Lithium ion-exchanged zeolite particles and methods of making such lithium ion-exchanged zeolite particles are provided herein. The method includes combining precursor zeolite particles with (NH.sub.4).sub.3PO.sub.4 to form a first mixture including intermediate zeolite particles including NH.sub.4.sup.+ cations. The method further includes adding a lithium salt to the first mixture to form the lithium ion-exchanged zeolite particles, or separating the intermediate zeolite particle from the first mixture and combining the intermediate zeolite particles with the lithium salt to form the lithium ion-exchanged zeolite particles.

A method of making a molecular sieve may include: reacting a source selected from the group consisting of: a source of a tetrahedral element in the presence of a structure directing agent (SDA) selected from the group consisting of: Ar.sup.+-L-Ar, Ar.sup.+-L-Ar-L-Ar.sup.+, Ar.sup.+-L-Ar-L-NR3.sup.+, and ArAr.sup.+-L-Ar.sup.+Ar, where Ar.sup.+ is to a N-containing cationic aromatic ring, Ar is to a non-charged aromatic ring, L is a methylene chain of 3-6 carbon atoms, NR3.sup.+ is to a quaternary ammonium, and ArAr.sup.+ and Ar.sup.+Ar are a fused aromatic ring structure comprising both a N-containing cationic portion and a non-charged portion, to produce the molecular sieve.

A high-purity artificial zeolite is industrially mass produced by carrying out osmosis treatment of fly ash in an alkaline aqueous solution, subsequently carrying out the osmosis treatment again with an acidic aqueous solution of pH 1.0 or less obtained by adding acid to the osmotic aqueous solution of fly ash, then performing solid-liquid separation while water wash and dewatering in a centrifuge, thereby synthesizing a starting composition, and performing hydrothermal reaction treatment to this starting composition.

The present invention provides an iron-loaded aluminosilicate zeolite having a maximum pore opening defined by eight tetrahedral atoms and having the framework type CHA, AEI, AFX, ERI or LTA, wherein the iron (Fe) is present in a range of from about 0.5 to about 5.0 wt. % based on the total weight of the iron-loaded aluminosilicate zeolite, wherein an ultraviolet-visible absorbance spectrum of the iron-loaded synthetic aluminosilicate zeolite comprises a band at approximately 280 nm, wherein a ratio of an integral, peak-fitted ultraviolet-visible absorbance signal measured in arbitrary units (a.u.) for the band at approximately 280 nm to an integral peak-fitted ultraviolet-visible absorbance signal measured in arbitrary units (a.u.) for a band at approximately 340 nm is >about 2. The present invention further provides a method of making an metal-loaded aluminosilicate zeolite having a maximum pore opening defined by eight tetrahedral atoms from pre-existing aluminosilicate zeolite crystallites, wherein the metal is present in a range of from 0.5 to 5.0 wt. % based on the total weight of the metal-loaded aluminosilicate zeolite.

The present invention provides an iron-loaded aluminosilicate zeolite having a maximum pore opening defined by eight tetrahedral atoms and having the framework type CHA, AEI, AFX, ERI or LTA, wherein the iron (Fe) is present in a range of from about 0.5 to about 5.0 wt. % based on the total weight of the iron-loaded aluminosilicate zeolite, wherein an ultraviolet-visible absorbance spectrum of the iron-loaded synthetic aluminosilicate zeolite comprises a band at approximately 280 nm, wherein a ratio of an integral, peak-fitted ultraviolet-visible absorbance signal measured in arbitrary units (a.u.) for the band at approximately 280 nm to an integral peak-fitted ultraviolet-visible absorbance signal measured in arbitrary units (a.u.) for a band at approximately 340 nm is >about 2. The present invention further provides a method of making an metal-loaded aluminosilicate zeolite having a maximum pore opening defined by eight tetrahedral atoms from pre-existing aluminosilicate zeolite crystallites, wherein the metal is present in a range of from 0.5 to 5.0 wt. % based on the total weight of the metal-loaded aluminosilicate zeolite.

To provide a technique enabling the effective use of a plant-derived Si source. The present technique is capable of providing a production method of a porous material containing Si and Al, in which a first Si source composition that is a plant-derived Si source and an Al source are used as at least raw materials. The first Si source composition may be a Si source recovered when a treatment for recovering the Si source is carried out after a carbonization treatment of a plant-derived raw material. A second Si source composition may be a treatment product obtained by a decarburization treatment of a plant-derived raw material.

To provide a technique enabling the effective use of a plant-derived Si source. The present technique is capable of providing a production method of a porous material containing Si and Al, in which a first Si source composition that is a plant-derived Si source and an Al source are used as at least raw materials. The first Si source composition may be a Si source recovered when a treatment for recovering the Si source is carried out after a carbonization treatment of a plant-derived raw material. A second Si source composition may be a treatment product obtained by a decarburization treatment of a plant-derived raw material.

Zeolites having highly dispersed bimetallic clusters, uniformly distributed in size and composition, encapsulated therein are disclosed. Metal encapsulation and alloying is conferred by introducing ligated metal cation precursors into zeolite synthesis gels, which are subsequently crystallized hydrothermally to form zeolites with metal cations occluded in the pores. The ligated cations are anchored to the zeolite framework via siloxane bridges which enforces their uniform dispersion throughout the zeolite crystals. Treatment of the crystallized zeolites in O.sub.2 and then H.sub.2 forms bimetallic clusters, which remain narrowly distributed in size and composition.

The present disclosure is directed to processing for preparing crystalline pure-silica and heteroatom-substituted LTA frameworks in fluoride media using a simple organic structure-directing agent (OSDA), having a structure of Formula (I): ##STR00001##
where substituents R.sup.1 to R.sup.9 are defined herein. Aluminosilicate LTA is an active catalyst for the methanol to olefins reaction with higher product selectivities to butenes as well as C5 and C6 products than the commercialized catalysts. Titanosilicate LTA is an active catalyst for the epoxidation of allyl alcohol using aqueous H.sub.2O.sub.2.