TON
Framework Type TON
Type Material
 Material Name: Theta-1
 Chemical Formula:|Na+n (H2O)4| [AlnSi24-n O48]-TON , n < 2
 Unit Cell:  
  orthorhombicCmc21 (# 36)
  a = 13.859Åb = 17.420Åc = 5.038Å
  α = 90 °β = 90 °γ = 90 °
 Framework density: 19.7 T/1000 Å3
 Channels: [001] 10 4.6 x 5.7* (1-dimensional)
 
 
 
10-ring viewed along [001]
 
  
 
 
 References:
  Barri, S.A.I., Smith, G.W., White, D. and Young, D."Structure of Theta-1, the first unidimensional medium-pore high-silica zeolite", Nature, 312, 533-534 (1984)
Highcock, R.M., Smith, G.W. and Wood, D."Structure of the New Zeolite Theta-1 Determined from X-ray Powder Data", Acta Crystallogr., C41, 1391-1394 (1985)
Papiz, Z., Andrews, S.J., Damas, A.M., Harding, M.M. and Highcock, R.M."Structure of the zeolite theta-1. Redetermination using single-crystal synchrotron radiation data", Acta Crystallogr., C46, 172-173 (1990)
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