RTE
Framework Type RTE
Type Material
 Material Name: RUB-3
 Chemical Formula:|(C8H15N)2| [Si24 O48]-RTE
C8H15N = exo-2-aminobicyclo[2.2.1.]heptane
 Unit Cell:  
  monoclinicC12/m1 (# 12)
  a = 14.039Åb = 13.602Åc = 7.428Å
  α = 90 °β = 102.22 °γ = 90 °
 Framework density: 17.3 T/1000 Å3
 Channels: [001] 8 3.7 x 4.4* (1-dimensional)
 
 
 
8-ring viewed along [001]
 
  
 
 
 References:
  Marler, B., Grünewald-Luke, A. and Gies, H."Decasils, a new order-disorder family of microporous silicas", Zeolites, 15, 388-399 (1995)
Marler, B., Grünewald-Lüke, A. and Gies, H."Structure refinement of the as-synthesized and the calcined form of zeolite RUB-3 (RTE)", Microporous Mesoporous Mat., 26, 49-59 (1998)

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