Example 3
Zinc nitrate hydrate (0.2275 g) was dissolved in 5 mL deionized water to form an aqueous zinc nitrate hydrate solution in a beaker, to which 5 grams of desilicated zeolite powder, DS1, was added. The mixture was stirred with a magnetic stirrer for 1 hour to obtain a homogenous slurry mixture. Water was subsequently removed from the mixture by keeping the mixture on a hot plate at a temperature of about 50° C. under stirring. The dry paste was transferred to an oven at a temperature of 110° C. for 12 hours, and was further calcined at 550° C. for 6 hours. The catalyst sample was pelletized and sieved to a particle size of from 500 μm to 1000 μm and labeled as Zn/DS1. The BET area, micropore volume, mesopore volume, and average pore diameter of the sample are reported in Table 1.
