Research Article

Parameters Expediting the Thermal Conversion of Ba-Exchanged Zeolite A to Monoclinic Celsian

Table 1

Thermal treatments done to all four Ba-exchanged zeolite A samples and the figures in which the corresponding XRD patterns are shown.

Temp (°C)Thermal treatmenta (h)

2002 (Figure 1(a))
5000 (Figure 1(b))
80028 (Figure 1(c))
10005 (Figure 2)
11005, 10
12005
13005 (Figure 3), 10, 15
14005
15005

aThe samples were heated at a rate of 10°C/min up to the reported temperature, kept at that temperature for the reported time, and allowed to cool in air.