Abstract: | 27Al MAS N.M.R. and I.R. Investigations on the Aluminium Coordination in Amorphous Silica-Alumina Gels Amorphous silica-alumina of different Si/Al ratios have been investigated by 27Al magic-angle spinning n.m.r. (MAS n.m.r.) and i.r. spectroscopy. Aluminosilicate framework structures were found for the Na+- and NH4+-exchanged forms of the investigated gels. The thermal deammoniation of the NH4+-exchanged gels, producing the H+ forms, causes an irreversible damage of the aluminosilicate framework. This process is accompanied by a change of the coordination state of a part of the aluminium, converting AlO4 into AlO6 units. The progress of the solid-state reaction upon further thermal treatment of the H+ forms is reflected by a considerable broadening of the n.m.r. spectra and a decrease of the intensity. The possibility that well-known results, including those of nonframework aluminium, obtained for comparable zeolitic systems may also be valid for amorphous solids, is discussed. |