Catalytic properties,surface composition,and acidity of Ga-ZSM-5 catalysts for aromatization of lower paraffins

A study has been made of the catalytic and acidic properties together with the surface composition of the zeolite HZSM-5 modified by gallium by hydrothermal treatment with a sodium gallate solution and also by impregnation with gallium nitrate solution. It has been established that the first method of introducing gallium produces a more selective catalyst for aromatization of n-butane. It has been shown that under the conditions of the catalytic reaction several types of active centers incorporating Ga are formed: Ga₂O₃ on the zeolite surface, gallium ions inside the zeolite canals, and gallium atoms at the surface of and in the lattice that are bonded to OH groups.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 12, pp. 2726–2732, December, 1991.