Sami Ali Ibrahim Barri

Novel crystalline (metallo) silicates and germanates

A crystalline material having, in the dehydrated form, the empirical formula: m(M2/aO): XzOxz/2: yYO2 (I) in which m is 0.5 to 1.5; M is a cation of valency a; X is a metal of valency x, selected from aluminium, boron, gallium, zinc, iron and titanium; z is 2 when x is an odd number, and z is 1 when x is an even number; y is at least 5; and Y is silicon or germanium; and having, in the calcined hydrogen form, an X-ray diffraction pattern including significant peaks substantially as shown in Table I herein. The material has been designated SUZ-4.