Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
121 words
A crystalline zeolite material, EU-12, having a molar composition (in terms of mole ratios of oxides) expressed by the formula: 0.5 to 2.0 R 2 O:Y 2 O 3 :at least 5 XO 2 :0 to 1000 H 2 O wherein R is a monovalent cation of 1/n of a cation of valency n, X is silicon and/or germanium, Y is one or more of aluminium, iron chromium, vanadium, molybdenum, arsenic, antimony, manganese, gallium or boron and H 2 O is water of hydration additional to water notionally present when R is H, and having an X-ray powder diffraction pattern as set out in Table 1 (as determined by standard technique using copper Kα radiation) and as shown in FIG. 1.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
121 words
A crystalline zeolite material, EU-12, having a molar composition (in terms of mole ratios of oxides) expressed by the formula: 0.5 to 2.0 R 2 O:Y 2 O 3 :at least 5 XO 2 :0 to 1000 H 2 O wherein R is a monovalent cation of 1/n of a cation of valency n, X is silicon and/or germanium, Y is one or more of aluminium, iron chromium, vanadium, molybdenum, arsenic, antimony, manganese, gallium or boron and H 2 O is water of hydration additional to water notionally present when R is H, and having an X-ray powder diffraction pattern as set out in Table 1 (as determined by standard technique using copper Kα radiation) and as shown in FIG. 1.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
26 words
A crystalline zeolite material EU-12, as claimed in claim 1 wherein R is or includes an alkali metal cation, ammonium, hydrogen or a nitrogen-containing organic cation.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
58 words
A crystalline zeolite material, EU-12, as claimed in claim 1, having, as freshly made, a molar composition expressed by the formula 0 to 2.0 M 2 O:0 to 300A:Y 2 O 3 :at least 5 XO 2 :0 to 1000 H 2 O where M is an alkali metal, ammonium or hydrogen and A is nitrogen-containing organic cation.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
170 words
A method of making the crystalline zeolite material, EU-12 as defined in claim 1, which comprises preparing an aqueous mixture containing sources of at least one oxide XO 2 , at least one oxide Y 2 O 3 and at least one organic compound selected from tetramethylammonium compounds, the reaction mixture having the molar composition: XO 2 /Y 2 O 3 in the range 5 to 5000 M 1 OH/XO 2 in the range 0.1 to 1.0 H 2 O/XO 2 in the range 10 to 100 A/XO 2 in the range 0.01 to 0.5 M 2 Z/XO 2 in the range 0 to 0.5 wherein each of M 1 and M 2 represents rubidium, A represents the organic compound, X is selected from silicon and germanium and Y is one or more of aluminum, iron, chromium, vanadium, molybdenum, arsenic, antimony, manganese, gallium or boron, and Z represents an acid radical; maintaining the mixture at a temperature of 80°-250° C. until crystals of EU-12 form and; recovering EU-12 zeolite material.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
72 words
A method as claimed in claim 4 wherein the reaction mixture has a molar composition in which XO 2 /Y 2 O 3 is in the range 10 to 600 M 1 OH/X 2 is in the range 0.15 to 0.65 H 2 O/XO 2 is in the range 25 to 75 A/XO 2 is in the range 0.05 to 0.25 M 2 Z/XO 2 is in the range 0 to 0.25.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
10 words
A catalyst comprising zeolite EU-12 as defined in claim 1.