Database of Zeolite Structures
 

Framework Type VNI
Reference Material
  Material Name: VPI-9    
 
Chemical Formula:		  
|Rb22K2 (H2O)24|2 [Zn12Si48O120]2-VNI		  
   
Unit Cell: 		 
tetragonal
 P 41 21 2 (# 92)
    a' = 9.8840 Å b' = 9.8840 Å c' = 73.6500 Å  
    α' = 90.000° β' = 90.000° γ' = 90.000°  
(Relationship to unit cell of Framework Type: a' = a, b' = b, c' = 2c)
   
Framework Density: 		 
16.7 T/1000 Å3
 
  
Channels: 		 
{<110> 8 3.1 x 4.0 <-> [001] 8 3.5 x .3.6}***
Dimensionality
  Sorption (molecular cross section > 3.4Å): 1-dimensional
  Topological (pore opening > 6-ring): 3-dimensional
   
References:
  McCusker, L.B., Grosse-Kunstleve, R.W., Baerlocher, Ch., Yoshikawa, M. and Davis, M.E.
  "Synthesis optimization and structure analysis of the zincosilicate molecular sieve VPI-9"
Microporous Materials, 6, 295-309 (1996)
 
  
Name and Code derivation:
    Virgina Polytechnic Institute - nine
  VPI-9 (nine)
  VNI
Limiting Rings
 
8-ring along <110>

8-ring viewed along [001]

2nd 8-ring along <110>

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