Abstract: The present invention relates to a titanium-silicalite (TS-1) molecular sieve and the method for preparation of the same, wherein each crystallite of said titanium-silicalite molecular sieve has a hollow cavity with a radial length of 5-300 nm. The benzene adsorption capacity of the molecular sieve determined at 25° C. and P/P0=0.10 for 1 hour is at least 70 mg/g; and the method for preparation of said molecular sieve comprises an acid-treatment and then an organic-base treatment of the synthesized TS-1 molecular sieve, or only an organic-base treatment. The TS-1 molecular sieve of the present invention has a relatively high reactivity and activity stability in the catalytic oxidation.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process for the preparation of a doped anionic clay. In said process a trivalent metal source is reacted with a divalent metal source, at least one of the metal sources being either doped boehmite, doped MgO or doped brucite, to obtain a doped anionic clay. Suitable dopants are compounds containing elements selected from the group of alkaline earth metals (for instance Ca and Ba), alkaline metals, transition metals (for example Co, Mn, Fe, Ti, Zr, Cu, Ni, Zn, Mo, W, V, Sn), actinides, rare earth metals such as La, Ce, and Nd, noble metals such as Pt and Pd, silicon, gallium, boron, titanium, and phosphorus.

Abstract: A solid acid material is used as a proton conducting membrane in an electrochemical device. The solid acid material can be one of a plurality of different kinds of materials. A binder can be added, and that binder can be either a nonconducting or a conducting binder. Nonconducting binders can be, for example, a polymer or a glass. A conducting binder enables the device to be both proton conducting and electron conducting. The solid acid material has the general form MaHb(XOt)c.

Abstract: ETS-4 crystalline titanium silicate is produced so as to be enriched in at least one polymorph thereof which contains channels which interpenetrate the crystal lattice in both the b- and c-directions. A process of producing such a polymorph and enriched ETS-4 titanium silicate comprises the addition of a wetting agent to the reaction mixture.

Abstract: A process for preparing pillared chromium phyllosilicate clay &agr;-olefin catalysts is disclosed This process utilizes palygorskite and sepiolite clays. The pillaring of said clays comprise the steps of: (a) preparing a hydrolyzed first solution by dissolving a chromium salt and a base in water, heating said first solution to a temperature in the range of about 20° C. to about 100° C. while stirring continuously until the solution reaches a pH in the range of about 1.5 to about 2.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for treatment of liquid or semi-liquid animal waste using porosive particulate matter to remove malodorous materials, and to an organic fertilizer composition comprising organic substances derived from animal waste, said organic substance being held in pores of porosive, nutritionally inert particulate matter.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process for the preparation of crystalline anionic clay-containing bodies from sources comprising a trivalent metal source and a divalent metal source comprising the steps of:

Abstract: A neutral templating route to mesoporous molecular sieves based on H-bonding and self-assembly between neutral primary amine or diamine surfactants (S°) and neutral inorganic precursors (I°) has been used to prepare hexagonal and lamellar mesoporous silicas with site isolated transition metal centers. The templating of neutral metallosilicate precursors (I°) with neutral diamine surfactants (S°—S°) affords thermally stable pillared lamellar metallosilicates exhibiting complementary framework-confined microporosity and textural mesoporosity while at the same time also providing for template recovery by solvent extraction.

Abstract: Crystalline inorganic oxide compositions having regular wormhole-like channels are described. The formation of the mesoporous composition is accomplished by hydrogen bonding between a neutral amine template in water and a water miscible organic solvent and a neutral inorganic oxide precursor, wherein there is an excess of an alkanol or water used to dissolve the template. The template can be removed and recycled.

Abstract: A process for removing impurities contained in the crystal lattice of minerals, comprising the steps of forming a mixture of a mineral capable of structurally reorganizing its crystal lattice which contains an impurity in its crystal lattice and a halogen anion, and water; heating the mixture to the mineral's structural reorganization transition temperature; holding the mixture at the structural reorganization transition temperature for a sufficient period of time to allow the impurity to freely migrate from the lattice to combine with the halogen anion; and separating the combined impurity and anion from the mixture to render the mineral essentially free of the impurity. The process is applicable to numerous minerals and impurities, but is especially useful to remove arsenic from fluorspar. Numerous halogen anions can be employed, such as chlorides, fluorides, bromides and iodides, but the preferred halogen anion is a metal chloride such as calcium chloride.

Abstract: A method for continuously calcinating product to form mixed metal oxide powders comprising providing a continuously operated indirectly heated rotary furnace having a heating cavity, introducing raw feedstock including product to be calcined into the heating cavity of the furnace while the heating cavity is maintained at temperature, and maintaining a controlled atmosphere in the heating cavity during the heating of the feedstock, and discharging and recovering the mixed metal oxide powders.

Abstract: The invention relates to a crystalline alkali metal phyllosilicate of the formula aMI2O.bEO2.cX2O5.dZO3.SiO2.eH2O, in which MI is an alkali metal, E is an element of the fourth main group, X is an element of the fifth main group and Z is an element of the sixth main group of the Periodic Table of the Elements and the following also applies: 0.25≦a≦6.25 2.5·10−4≦b≦5.63 0≦c≦2.81 0≦d≦5.63 0≦e≦15.3. The invention also relates to a process for the preparation of this crystalline alkali metal phyllosilicate and also to detergents and cleaners which comprise the crystalline alkali metal phyllosilicate according to the invention.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a single phase metal-silica sol-gel glass formed by the co-condensation of a transition metal with silicon atoms where the metal atoms are uniformly distributed within the sol-gel glass as individual metal centers. Any transition metal may be used in the sol-gel glasses. The present invention also relates to sensor materials where the sensor material is formed using the single phase metal-silica sol-gel glasses. The sensor materials may be in the form of a thin film or may be attached to an optical fiber. The present invention also relates to a method of sensing chemicals using the chemical sensors by monitoring the chromatic change of the metal-silica sol-gel glass when the chemical binds to the sensor. The present invention also relates to oxidation catalysts where a metal-silica sol-gel glass catalyzes the reaction. The present invention also relates to a method of performing oxidation reactions using the metal-silica sol-gel glasses.

Abstract: A neutral templating route to mesoporous molecular sieves based on H-bonding and self-assembly between neutral primary amine or diamine surfactants (S°) and neutral inorganic precursors (I°) has been used to prepare hexagonal and lamellar mesoporous silicas with site isolated transition metal centers. This templating approach allows for the preparation of hexagonal or hexagonal-like mesoporous oxidation catalysts with large framework wall thickness of at least about 17 Å, small elementary particle size (≦400 Å), and unique combinations of framework-confined mesopores and textural mesopores while at the same time providing for facile recovery of the neutral template by simple solvent extraction.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the microwave induced preparation of crystalline, microporous titanium silicalite. More particularly; the present invention relates to a process for the preparation of crystalline microporous titanium silicalite of the formula: xTiO2:(1−x)SiO2 wherein x is greater than 0.043 and less than or equal to 0.11. These silicalites, prepared under microwave irradiation have the same physico-chemical properties as titanium silicalite prepared by hydrothermal methods.

Abstract: A collection of nanoscale particles are a composite of carbon and metal oxide or silicon oxide. The composite particles have an average diameter from about 5 nm to about 1000 nm, and can be produced by laser pyrolysis. The laser pyrolysis involves the formation of a molecular stream including a metal precursor, an infrared absorber, an oxidizing agent and a carbon precursor. The pyrolysis is driven by heat absorbed from a laser beam. Furthermore, nanoparticles including titanium oxide with a rutile crystal structure have been produced.

Abstract: Hybrid mesoporous molecular sieve silica compositions which have intergrown wormhole domains and lamellar or hexagonal domains and prepared from mixtures of water soluble silicate precursors and amine surfactant templates through a neutralization reaction are described. The silica compositions are stable above 600° C.

Abstract: Crystalline microporous rare earth silicates are provided. These microporous compositions have a three dimensional framework structure of at least silicon tetrahedral oxide units and at least one M oxide unit. M is a rare earth element. Optionally, the microporous compositions may contain as part of the framework an M′ element having a valence of +2, +3, +4 or +5 such as zinc (+2), iron (+3), zirconium (+4) and tantalum (+5). The composition is represented by the empirical formula: An(M1−zM′z)wSi1−yGeyOx where A is a cation such as sodium and “n”, “z”, “w”, “y” and “x” are the mole fractions of the various elements.

Abstract: Colloids comprising amorphous borosilicate particles, wherein said borosilicate particles are not borosilicate glass; are described and claimed. These colloids have been found to be useful in aqueous systems, specially in papermaking.

Abstract: A highly active bioactivating substance which exhibits suppressing action on histamine liberation and inhibition of hyaluronidase activity may be obtained by adding a silicate to an extracted substance from tissues activated by adding internal or external stressors to animals or animal tissues such as infecting with poxvirus. The highly active bioactivating substance may also be obtained by performing a special extraction to effect a high content of silicic acid in the extracted substance from the activated tissues. The bioactivating substance may be in the form of a powder and may have a silicon component content which is more than 20 &mgr;g, for example greater 22 &mgr;g, preferably greater than 25 &mgr;g, calculated as silicon per mg of dried substance.

Abstract: Bimodal amporphous inorganic material that in a pore size distribution plot has distinct mesopore and micropore peaks. A process for producing a bimodal material or a material that contains essentially only mesopores involves heating an inorganic oxide in the presence of material that bonds to the inorganic oxide by hydrogen bonding.

Abstract: Maghnia or Mostaganem bentonites, are activated by contacting the Maghnia or Mostaganem bentonite with an acid solution of selected concentration and then drying the Maghnia or Mostaganem bentonite to form an activated bentonite catalyst. This activated bentonite catalyst may be used to polymerize a vinyl, acrylic, cyclic ether, aldehyde, lactone or olefin monomer. In a further embodiment, a perflourinated amine or diamine is synthesized by contacting a Maghnia or Mostaganem bentonite with an acid solution of selected concentration, drying the Maghnia or Mostaganem bentonite, and absorbing a secondary amine with the Maghnia or Mostaganem bentonite to form a perflouroamide iodide salt. The perflouramide idodide salt can then be extracted with a polar solvent and neutralized by the use of a basic solution.

Abstract: A method of preparing mesoporous silica from a reaction mixture comprising a mineral acid such as HCl, an inorganic oxide source such as tetraethoxysilane, a surfactant such as cetyltrimethlyammonium bromide and water. The reaction mixture is mixed, e.g., by stirring or sonication, until sufficiently polymerized that mesostructured silica may be formed by a subsequent heating step, as indicated by the reaction mixture becoming opaque. This mixing is typically performed at room temperature for about 30-70 minutes. Then, the reaction mixture is heated in a pressurized vessel at a time, temperature and pressure sufficient to form mesostructured silica, e.g., at 60 to 230° C. for 15 to 80 minutes. Finally, mesoporous silica is recovered by filtering, drying and calcining in a furnace having a temperature in the range of 400 to 600° C. in air for at least 6 hours.

Abstract: The present invention relates to trioctahedral phyllosilicates 2:1 of a stevensite or kerolite type containing fluorine, fluorinated in synthesis in an acid medium in the presence of hydrofluoric acid and/or another source of fluoride anions. The invention also relates to a method of preparation to obtain said phyllosilicate. The existence of gaps enables adjustable quantities of cations to be incorporated in the gaps and hence the exchange capacity of said solids to be modulated. These phyllosilicates, raw from synthesis or after post-synthesis modification, may be incorporated in the composition of catalysts used to convert hydrocarbons, in particular for hydrocracking.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of mesostructured molecular sieve silicas from inorganic silicon precursors and polyoxyethylene oxide based polymers is described. The silicas are stable upon calcination to 600° to 800° C. The silicas are useful in refining processes.

Abstract: The invention comprises a borosilicate retention aid composition and a method for improving the production of paper by addition of the borosilicate. The borosilicate may be utilized in conjunction with a high molecular weight synthetic flocculant and/or starch, with or without the addition of a cationic coagulant. The borosilicate material is preferably a colloidal borosilicate. Methods for the preparation of the borosilicate material are disclosed.

Abstract: A process for preparing carbonyl iron silicide comprises heat treatment of an iron/silicon mixture comprising a) from 20 to 99.9% by weight of finely divided carbonyl iron and b) from 0.1 to 80% by weight of finely divided silicon powder. Also provided are a carbonyl iron silicide obtainable by alloying carbonyl iron with silicon and a carbonyl iron suicide which has a higher inductance than carbonyl iron powder.

Abstract: A new family of stannosilicate molecular sieves which have the zeolite beta structure are disclosed. These molecular sieves have a three dimensional framework structure composed of SnO2 and SiO2 tetrahedral oxide units and at least one of TiO2 or GeO2 tetrahedral oxide units and have an empirical formula of: (SnxTiySi1-x-y-zGez)2 where “x”, “y” and “z” are the mole fractions of tin, titanium and germanium respectively (“y” and “z” are not simultaneously zero). Processes for the selective oxidation of organic compounds with peroxides using the molecular sieves as catalysts is also presented.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a titanium-silicalite (TS-1) molecular sieve and the method for preparation of the same, wherein each crystallite of said titanium-silicalite molecular sieve has a hollow cavity with a radial length of 5-300 nm. The benzene adsorption capacity of the molecular sieve determined at 25° C. and P/P0=0.10 for 1 hour is at least 70 mg/g; and the method for preparation of said molecular sieve comprises an acid-treatment and then an organic-base treatment of the synthesized TS-1 molecular sieve, or only an organic-base treatment. The TS-1 molecular sieve of the present invention has a relatively high reactivity and activity stability in the catalytic oxidation.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing crystalline microporous material suitable for manufacturing a variety of crystalline microporous material under mild reaction conditions and under safe working environmental conditions by using simple installation. The crystalline microporous materials obtained by the present invention may be used as adsorbent agent, catalyst or separating material. According to the characterizing features of the manufacturing method of the present invention, there are provided a method of using cation compound or amine as crystallizing modifier and using, in combination, raw material including kanemite or silicon dioxide and a further method using raw material including silicon dioxide and aluminum salt. The method includes a step of mixing these components, a solid-liquid separating step for separating produced fine particles, and a crystallizing step for crystallizing the separated solid component.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for the homogenous and highly efficient synthesis of an aluminosilicate material that can be used for adsorbents, deodorants, catalyst carriers, humidity adjustors, and the like, and relates to a method for manufacturing spherical hollow silicate clusters, comprising steps of mixing a solution of a silicon compound and a solution of an aluminum compound or transition metal compound, each with a solution concentration of 10-1000 mmol, rapidly or simultaneously at a rate of 1-10,000 mL/min, removing a salt formed as a by-product, and then subjecting the mixture to hydrothermal synthesis to yield the silicate clusters.

Abstract: A method for the preparation of small zeotype crystals with controlled sizes comprising the steps of synthesizing inside a porous material having a majority of pores less than 1000 Å a synthesis gel consisting essentially of (a) a zeotype precursor composition comprising hydratized oxides of Si, Al and P and metal compounds (b) a zeolite template; and heating or autoclaving the porous support material containing synthesis gel, whereby zeotype crystals are formed; and rinsing and drying the porous support material containing zeotype crystals.

Abstract: A boron oxide-silicon dioxide mixed oxide which has a BET surface of less than 100 m2g, and optionally containing oxides of aluminium, titanium or zirconium, is prepared pyrogenically by flame hydrolysis. The mixed oxide is used in glass making.

Abstract: Microporous and mesoporous metal silicates are prepared by the hydrothermal reaction of a silicon and metal source in the presence of a template. The choice of raw materials influences the purity and hence the catalytic activity of the products. A pyrogenic mixed oxide is used as the silicon and metal source. Prepared products have the composition (SiO2)1−x(AmOn)x, where A is Ti, Al, B, V or Zr and x is 0.005 to 0.1. Shaped objects of the microporous and mesoporous metal silicates are obtained directly by using a shaped object of the pyrogenic mixed oxide. The products obtained are used as oxidation catalysts.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of joining at least two parts of silicon carbide based material by refractory brazing in which these parts are brought into contact with an intermetallic braze alloy and said parts and braze alloy are heated to a braze temperature equivalent to the melting temperature of the braze alloy in order to form a refractory joint characterized in that the intermetallic braze alloy comprises 1 to 18% by weight of cobalt and from 82 to 99% by weight of silicon, and in that the joint obtained is a thick joint, that is to say with a thickness of generally from 0.1 to 0.5 mm. The invention also relates to a thick, refractory joint obtained by this method. Bonds of silicon carbide parts with thick joints prepared using the method of the invention allow the production with great precision of structures, apparatus and components with complex shapes having high temperatures of use reaching as high as 1000° C. and even higher.

Abstract: Process for the preparation of a micro-mesoporous gel consisting of a silica matrix in which one or more metal oxides are possibly dispersed comprising: (a) subjecting to hydrolysis and gelification a tetra-alkylorthosilicate with an alkyl-trimethylammonium hydroxide having the formula R(CH3)3N—OH, wherein R is selected from n-butyl, n-pentyl, n-hexyl and n-heptyl, possibly in the presence of one or more metal compounds, the molar ratios in this mixture being: R—OH/SiO2=0-10; R(CH3)3N—OH/SiO2=0.05-0.4; H2O/SiO2=5-40; metal oxides/SiO2=0-0.02; whereas the ratio H2O/R(CH3)3N—OH varies according to the number of carbon atoms in the alkylic chain R as follows: R=n-butyl, H2O/R(CH3-)3N—OH<35; R=n-pentyl, H2O/R(CH3)3N—OH<70; R=n-hexyl, H2O/R(CH3)3N—OH<102; R=n-heptyl, H2O/R(CH3)3N—OH<136; (b) subjecting the gel or solid obtained in step (a) to drying and calcination.

Abstract: A neutral templating route to mesoporous molecular sieves based on H-bonding and self-assembly between neutral primary amine or diamine surfactants (S°) and neutral inorganic precursors (I°) has been used to prepare hexagonal and lamellar mesoporous silicas with site isolated transition metal centers. This templating approach allows for the preparation of hexagonal or hexagonal-like mesoporous oxidation catalysts with large framework wall thickness of at least about 17 Å, small elementary particle size (≦400 Å), and unique combinations of framework-confined mesopores and textural mesopores while at the same time providing for facile recovery of the neutral template by simple solvent extraction.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to the forming mineralized coatings on metal surfaces and to methods of forming such coatings. The coating can include a wide range of compounds and normally at least a portion of the coating corresponds to an amorphous phase. The coating and method are particularly useful in providing a corrosion resistant coating or film upon a metallic surface. This aspect of the disclosure involves the formation of a corrosion resistant “mineralized” layer of tailored composition upon a metal substrate.

Abstract: A process for the reduction of ketones or aldehydes to alcohols has been developed. The process involves contacting the ketone or aldehyde with a primary or secondary alcohol and a catalyst at reduction conditions. The catalyst is a molecular sieve having the empirical formula: (MwSnxTiySi1-x-y-zGez)O2 where M is a trivalent metal such as aluminum or boron. These molecular sieves have a microporous three dimensional framework structure of at least SiO2 and SnO2 tetrahedral units, a crystallographically regular pore system and the characteristic x-ray diffraction pattern of zeolite beta.

Abstract: A method of producing a mesoporous silica material, including reacting, with stirring, a liquid mixture containing a tetraalkyl orthosilicate, a linear alkylamine, an inorganic acid and water, and drying and thermally treating the thus obtained solid product, wherein the amounts of the inorganic acid, alkylamine and water are 0.05-0.6 mol, 0.2-1.0 mol and 10-100 mol, respectively, per mol of the tetraalkyl orthosilicate. Mesoporous silica hard spheres having an average pore diameter of 1.5-4 nm and a volume average diameter of 40-80 &mgr;m. The mesoporous silica hard spheres may contain metal components other than silica.

Abstract: This invention relates to a rapid process for the preparation of a silica gel or a silicate polymer comprising contacting at least one fluoroalkoxysilane with a solution comprising water, optionally in the presence of a solvent and/or a catalyst. Low density gels can be prepared using this process and can possess large pore size, greater than 50 nm.

Abstract: An amorphous mineralized coating upon an iron containing surface wherein the amorphous mineralized coating has a formula A.sub.x B.sub.y O.sub.z --nH.sub.2 O wherein A comprises iron and B comprises silicon and the values of x, y and z are greater than zero; wherein the amorphous mineralized coating comprises an amorphous phase and inorganic complex oxide crystals.

Abstract: A method for producing a crystalline inorganic builder having the following composition in its anhydrous form: xM.sub.2 O.ySiO.sub.2.zMeO, wherein x, y and z are numerical values satisfying the following relationships: y/x is 1.0 to 4.0, z/y is not more than 1.0, M stands for Na and K, K/Na is 0.01 to 2.0, and Me stands for Ca and/or Mg, the method comprising the steps of (a) adding water, a Na-containing compound, a K-containing compound, and at least one member of Ca-containing compounds and Mg-containing compounds to silica sand, to give a mixture; (b) subjecting the resulting mixture to a hydrothermal treatment; and (c) baking the resulting treated mixture. Also, a method for producing a crystalline inorganic builder having the following composition in its anhydrous form: xM.sub.2 O.ySiO.sub.2, wherein x and y are numerical values satisfying the following relationships: y/x is 1.0 to 4.0, M stands for Na and K, K/Na is 0.01 to 2.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to the forming mineralized coatings on metal surfaces and to methods of forming such coatings. The coating can include a wide range of compounds and normally at least a portion of the coating corresponds to an amorphous phase. The coating and method are particularly useful in providing a corrosion resistant coating or film upon a metallic surface. This aspect of the disclosure involves the formation of a corrosion resistant "mineralized" layer of tailored composition upon a metal substrate.

Abstract: The invention relates to a fluid catalytic cracking process for the preparation of good quality hydrocarbon fractions with a high octane number starting from heavy hydrocarbon fractions of a poorer quality characterized in that the heavy hydrocarbon fraction is put in contact, under cracking conditions, with a catalytic composition comprising a conventional FCC catalyst and a quantity of between 3-60% of a hydrothermally stable microporous material containing titanium.

Abstract: A process for preparing compounds of the formulae I and II ##STR1## where R.sup.1 and R have the meanings indicated in the specification by an addition reaction of a compound of the formula IIIR.sup.1 OH IIIwith an acetylene or allene of the formula IV or V ##STR2## in the gas phase at elevated temperatures in the presence of a heterogeneous catalyst. The catalyst is obtained by impregnating silica with a zinc salt, by a process in which the reaction is carried out at below 200.degree. C. and the catalyst contains, as an active component, an X-ray amorphous zinc silicate or cadmium silicate containing from 1 to 40% by weight, calculated as oxide, of zinc or cadmium, obtainable by applying a salt of zinc or cadmium and an inorganic oxo acid, which salt is decomposable at below 400.degree. C., to amorphous silica and forming the catalyst before the reaction at from 50 to 500.degree. C. or during the reaction in situ at from 50 to 200.degree. C.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a manufacturing method of molecular sieve compound and in particular, to a manufacturing method whereas crystalline aluminosilicate salt is formed in the pores of activated carbon and thereby possessing both hydrophilic and hydrophobic adsorption capacity, therefore the molecular sieve compound manufactured according to this present invention is in use for treatment agent of wastewater, deodorizing agent, antibacterial and disinfectant agent, adsorbent of organic matter and water, removal agent of harmful gas of cigarette, separable agent of air and many other applications.

Abstract: The present invention relates to new crystalline, molecular sieve CIT-6 that has the topology of zeolite beta. CIT-6 can be in an all-silica form, in a form wherein zinc is in the crystal framework, or a form containing silicon oxide and non-silicon oxides. In a preferred embodiment, CIT-6 has a crystal size of less than one micron and a water adsorption capacity of less than 0.05 g/g.

Abstract: Granulates which contain titanium silicalite-1 are composed of silicon dioxide, titanium dioxide and titanium silicalite-1 crystals. The granulates can be prepared by spray-drying or spray granulating the crystallization suspension. The granulates may be used as suspension catalysts, such as for the epoxidation of olefins using hydrogen peroxide.

Abstract: A composition of matter represented by the formulaM.sup.n+.sub.z/n [Si.sub.(2-x-y) Al.sub.(y) Zn.sub.(x) ]O.sub.4 .multidot..cndot.wH.sub.2 OwhereinM is a cation selected from Groups 1, 2, 7, 10, 11, 12 and the f block elements as defined by the Periodic Table of the elements as adopted by IUPAC; n is the valence of the selected cation, M; x is greater than or equal to 0.02 but less than or equal to 1;y is less than or equal to 0.98; z>0.54; and w ranges from 0 to about 8;provided that when z.gtoreq.0.80, then 2x+y does not equal z;which composition of matter has the FAU structure with zinc residing in tetrahedral positions in the framework of the FAU structure;and whereupon such composition of matter is converted to a hydrated sodium form, the hydrated sodium form of the composition of matter exhibits a lattice constant (a.sub.0)wherein ##EQU1## where R represents the Si/Al molar ratio of the composition of matter.