Claims
- 1. A molecular sieve comprising an oxide of silicon and an oxide of zinc and having the framework topology of zeolite beta, wherein the molecular sieve contains zinc in its crystal framework.
- 2. The molecular sieve of claim 1 wherein the oxides of silicon and zinc are the only oxides in the framework of the molecular sieve.
- 3. A molecular sieve having the topology of zeolite beta, and having a composition, as synthesized and in the anhydrous state, in terms of mole ratios as follows:
- ______________________________________ SiO.sub.2 /ZnO 10-100 M/SiO.sub.2 0.01-0.1 Q/SiO.sub.2 0.07-0.14______________________________________
- wherein M is lithium or a mixture of lithium and another alkali metal; and Q comprises a tetraethylammonium cation, wherein the molecular sieve contains zinc in its crystal framework.
- 4. A molecular sieve comprising silicon oxide, zinc oxide, and an oxide selected from aluminum oxide, boron oxide, gallium oxide, iron oxide, titanium oxide, vanadium oxide, zirconium oxide, tin oxide or mixtures thereof and having the framework topology of zeolite beta, wherein the molecular sieve contains zinc in its crystal framework.
- 5. The molecular sieve of claim 4 comprising silicon oxide, zinc oxide and aluminum oxide.
- 6. The molecular sieve of claim 4 comprising silicon oxide, zinc oxide and boron oxide.
- 7. The molecular sieve of claim 4 comprising silicon oxide, zinc oxide and gallium oxide.
- 8. The molecular sieve of claim 4 comprising silicon oxide, zinc oxide and titanium oxide.
- 9. A molecular sieve having the topology of zeolite beta, and having a composition, as synthesized and in the anhydrous state, in terms of mole ratios as follows:
- ______________________________________ SiO.sub.2 /ZnO 10-100 SiO.sub.2 /W 30-250 M/SiO.sub.2 0.01-0.1 Q/SiO.sub.2 0.07-0.14______________________________________
- wherein W is an oxide of aluminum, boron, gallium, vanadium, iron, titanium or mixtures thereof, M is lithium or a mixture of lithium and another alkali metal; and Q comprises a tetraethylammonium cation, wherein the molecular sieve contains zinc in its crystal framework.
- 10. A method of preparing a crystalline material comprising an oxide of silicon and an oxide of zinc and having the framework topology of zeolite beta, wherein the molecular sieve contains zinc in its crystal framework, said method comprising contacting in admixture under crystallization conditions sources of said oxides, a source of lithium or a mixture of lithium and another alkali metal and a templating agent comprising a tetraethylammonium cation.
- 11. The method of claim 10 wherein the source of the alkali metal contains no alkali metal other than lithium.
- 12. The method of claim 10 wherein the source of alkali metal contains lithium and another alkali metal.
- 13. A method of preparing a crystalline material comprising an oxide of silicon, an oxide of zinc and an oxide selected from aluminum oxide, boron oxide, gallium oxide, vanadium oxide, iron oxide, titanium oxide or mixtures thereof and having the framework topology of zeolite beta, wherein the molecular sieve contains zinc in its crystal framework, said method comprising contacting in admixture under crystallization conditions sources of said oxides, a source of lithium or a mixture of lithium and another alkali metal and a templating agent comprising a tetraethylammonium cation.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 09/106,598, filed Jun. 29, 1998 now abandoned.
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