Database of Zeolite Structures
 

Framework Type -CLO
Reference Material
  Material Name: Cloverite    
 
Chemical Formula:		  
|(HQuin+)24|8 [F24Ga96P96O372(OH)24]8--CLO
HQuin+ = C7H14N+ = Quinuclidinium ion
= 1-azoniabicyclo[2.2.2]octane
SMILES: C1C[NH+]2CCC1CC2   Images:  stick or 3D		  
   
Unit Cell: 		 
cubic
 F m -3 c (# 226)
    a' = 51.7120 Å b' = 51.7120 Å c' = 51.7120 Å  
    α' = 90.000° β' = 90.000° γ' = 90.000°  
(Relationship to unit cell of Framework Type: a' = 2a)
   
Framework Density: 		 
11.1 T/1000 Å3
 
  
Channels: 		 
<100> 20 13.2 x 3.5 *** | <100> 8 3.8 x 3.8***
Dimensionality
  Sorption (molecular cross section > 3.4Å): 3-dimensional
  Topological (pore opening > 6-ring): 3-dimensional
   
References:
  Estermann, M., McCusker, L.B., Baerlocher, Ch., Merrouche, A. and Kessler, H.
  "A synthetic gallophosphate molecular sieve with a 20-tetrahedral-atom pore opening"
Nature, 352, 320-323 (1991)
 
  
Name and Code derivation:
    Four-leafed clover shaped pore opening
  Cloverite
  -CLO
Limiting Rings
 
20-ring viewed along <100>

8-ring viewed along <100>


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