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Bifunctional catalysts on the basis of Ukrainian natural mordenite-clinoptilolite rocks modified by hydrochloric acid and by witness impregnation with nickel have been synthesized. Samples have been characterized by means of XRD, XRF, FTIR-spectroscopy, low temperature nitrogen adsorption/desorption, DTA/TG, TEM. Catalysts have been tested in micro pulse linear hexane isomerization. Hydrochloric acid treatment of natural zeolite rock leads to silica-to-alumina ratio increasing and raising the BET surface as well as the volumes of mesopores and micropores. The nickel nanoparticles deposited over zeolite crystals have a predominant size of 10 nm, but for some samples smaller ones of 5 nm and bigger ones of 20–50 nm have been found using TEM investigations. Pyridine sorption shows Brønsted and Lewis acidity of the catalysts, moreover the lower hydrochloric acid concentration using leads to practically equal Brønsted and Lewis acidity, the higher acid concentrations causes the Lewis acidity predominance. DTA/TG investigations show that water physically sorbed in the pores of the samples has been removed up to 200 °C from lager cavities of acid-treated catalysts and up to 500 °C from narrower cavities for untreated initial rock. Removing zeolite structure water up to 800 °C causes the dehydroxylation and Brønsted acidity transformation into Lewis acidity. The sample dealuminated by 1 mol dm−3 acid with nickel nanoparticles of 5–8 nm demonstrates the best performance in the isomerization of n-hexane. It is characterized by a 20% yield of hexane isomers at 250 °C and 70% selectivity.
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The authors acknowledge the assistance and support of M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany of National Academy of Sciences in conducting the electron transmission microscopy experiments. The publication contains the results of studies conducted by President’s of Ukraine grant for competitive projects F84/147-2019 and by grant of National Research Fundation of Ukraine project 2020.01/0042.
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Patrylak, L.K., Pertko, O.P., Yakovenko, A.V. et al. Isomerization of linear hexane over acid-modified nanosized nickel-containing natural Ukrainian zeolites. Appl Nanosci 12, 411–425 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13204-021-01682-1
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