Research Article

Nanoparticles of γ-Sitoesterol and Ag on Clinoptilolite Zeolites

Table 3

Textural parameters of clinoptilolite zeolites exchanged determined from N2 adsorptiona.

Sample (m2 g-1) (m2 g-1) (m2 g-1) (cm3 g-1) (nm)

γ-SZ1731.2142.439.925.50.07033.47
Z1713.596520.988.1090.0311.262/1.933/3.824/4.282
Z17Ag018.94-19912.372.7310.01575.545/5.533
Z17Ag0310.34-61015.886.6820.028NA
Z17Ag068.85-17913.094.7420.01553.666/7.021
Z17Ag0911.81-4117.694.9060.02241.853/4.275/5.967

a is the specific surface area, BET equation; is the specific surface area, Langmuir equation; is the external area, De Boer equation; is the constant BET; is the total pore volume, Gursvitch’s rule; DpBJH is the pore diameter calculated by the BJH method.