Production of crystalline silicate catalyst having monoclinic structure

Abstract

A process for producing a crystalline silicate catalyst having a monoclinic structure, the process comprising providing a crystalline silicate of the MFI-type having a silicon/aluminum atomic ratio lower than 80; treating the crystalline silicate with steam and thereafter leaching aluminum from the crystalline silicate by contact with an aqueous solution of a leachant to provide a silicon/aluminum atomic ratio in the catalyst of at least 80 whereby the catalyst has a monoclinic structure.

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