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Alex J Caglione

Thomas R Cannan

Richard J Hinchey

Nanette Greenlay

Low silica forms of faujasite-type zeolites are prepared from more siliceous forms of the same zeolite species by contacting the starting zeolite with a highly caustic concentrated sodium aluminate solution at elevated temperatures. In view of the fact that the process does not favor the formation of undesirable impurity phases such as zeolite A and thus does not require the presence of zeolite A nucleation inhibitors, the process is particularly advantageous in the production of forms of zeolite X having Si/Al.sub.2 molar ratios below 2.5.

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Alex J Caglione