Database of Disordered Zeolite Structures
 
Intergrowth Family SSZ-33
Periodic Building Unit
 
  Periodic Building Unit (PerBU): CON layer  
 
  Layer symmetry P m m (2)  
 
  2D cell parameters a = 13.30 Å b = 12.60 Å gamma = 90°    
 
  References

    Lobo, R.F., Pan, M., Chan, I., Li, H.X., Medrud, R.C., Zones, S.I., Crozier, P.A. and Davis, M.E.
   "SSZ-26 and SSZ-33 - 2 Molecular Sieves with Intersecting 10-Ring and 12-Ring Pores"
   Science, 262, 1543-1546 (1993)

Connectivity pattern
Examples
The layers are stacked along the [001] direction using the following connectivity patterns

 
Symmetry
Operation*
Translation* Comment Image
1/2 a + 1/3 b
  
1/2 a - 1/3 b
  
 

* relative to the previous layer


 
Effect on channel system
  The disorder does not block the channel system
Simplest ordered end members
The color of each layer reflects the symmetry/translation operation used to generate it from the previous layer (see table above).

 
  Polymorph SSZ-33_A
 
Cell Parameters: orthorhombic P m n a: (# 53)
  a = 13.3026 Å b = 12.5934 Å c = 21.3123 Å  
  α = 90.0000° β = 90.0000° γ = 90.0000°  
  Volume = 3570.3 Å3
Framework Density (FDSi): 15.7
Ring sizes (# T-atoms): 12  10  6  5  4    
Channel dimensionality: Topological (pore opening > 6-ring): 3-dimensional  
  Maximum diameter of a sphere:  
    that can be included 7.13 Å  
    that can diffuse along a:  4.9 Å b:  5.98 Å c:  4.9 Å  
    [0 1 0] :  5.98 Å
    addional volume data  
Composite Building Units:
bea
bre
mel
In this space group and setting, the PerBUs are stacked along [001]

Note: This polymorph has NOT been observed as a pure ordered material
 
 
  Polymorph SSZ-33_B
 
Cell Parameters: monoclinic C 1 2/m 1: (# 12)
  a = 22.6840 Å b = 13.3730 Å c = 12.5530 Å  
  α = 90.000° β = 69.479° γ = 90.000°  
  Volume = 3566.3 Å3
Framework Density (FDSi): 15.7
Ring sizes (# T-atoms): 12  10  6  5  4    
Channel dimensionality: Topological (pore opening > 6-ring): 3-dimensional  
  Maximum diameter of a sphere:  
    that can be included 7.45 Å  
    that can diffuse along a:  4.89 Å b:  4.89 Å c:  5.6 Å  
    addional volume data  
Composite Building Units:
bea
bre
lau
mel
In this space group and setting, the PerBUs are stacked along [100]
Adjacent layers generated by the same connectivity pattern (same basic color) are shown with different shades for clarity.
Note: This polymorph corresponds to the ordered framework CON