Database of Zeolite Structures
 

Framework Type AST
Reference Material
  Material Name: AlPO-16    
 
Chemical Formula:		  
|(Quin)4 (H2O)16 | [Al20P20O80]-AST
Quin = C7H13N = quinuclidine = 1-azabicyclo[2.2.2]octane
SMILES: C1CN2CCC1CC2   Images:  stick or 3D		  
   
Unit Cell: 		 
cubic
 F 2 3 (# 196)
    a' = 13.3830 Å b' = 13.3830 Å c' = 13.3830 Å  
    α' = 90.000° β' = 90.000° γ' = 90.000°  
   
Framework Density: 		 
16.7 T/1000 Å3
 
  
Channels: 		 
apertures formed by 6-rings only
Dimensionality
  Sorption (molecular cross section > 3.4Å): 0-dimensional
  Topological (pore opening > 6-ring): 0-dimensional
 
Stability:		  
not stable to the removal of the SDA
   
References:
  Bennett, J.M. and Kirchner, R.M.
  "The Structure of As-synthesized AlPO4-16 Determined by a New Framework Modeling Method and Rietveld Refinement of Synchrotron Powder Diffraction Data"
Zeolites, 11, 502-506 (1991)
 
  
Name and Code derivation:
    AlPO4-16 (sixteen)
  AST

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