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                                        3.0


                                        2.5


                                      N 2  loading m mol/gm  1.5
                                        2.0





                                        1.0



                                        0.5


                                        0.0
                                          0     1000   2000  3000   4000
                                                    Pressure torr
                                                 ◦
                     Figure 10.6. Nitrogen isotherms at 23 Con: ( ) Li-LXS (99% Li, 1% Na, Si/Al = 1), ( )LiX
                     (94% Li, 6% Na, Si/Al = 1.25), and ( )NaX (Si/Al = 1.25), from Chao, 1989.

                                    1.4
                                    1.3
                                    1.2
                                    1.1
                                   N 2 amount adsorbed, m mol/g  0.9
                                    1.0

                                    0.8
                                    0.7
                                    0.6
                                    0.5
                                    0.4
                                    0.3
                                    0.2
                                    0.1
                                    0.0
                                      0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0
                                                                +
                                                                   +
                                                                        +
                                                +
                                        Extent of Li  exchange in NaX, Li  /(Li + Na )
                                                            ◦
                                                                               +
                     Figure 10.7. Dependence of nitrogen adsorption at 23 C at 1 atm on fractional Na exchange
                        +
                     by Li in LSX. The threshold value is at 80% Li for X zeolite with Si/Al = 1.5 (Chao, 1989). The
                     data on LSX are from Coe et al., 1992.
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