AmberLyst 17

Summary

Product identification

DuPont™ AmberLyst™ 17 Polymeric Catalyst is an industrial-grade, strongly acidic catalyst.

Description

A high-activity, premium-grade catalyst utilizing DuPont’s uniform particle size technology and a high degree of sulfonic acid functionality. It is suited for fixed bed operations with rapid throughput and for batch reactors or CSTRs, providing fast kinetics for reactions such as phenol alkylation.

Applications

• Fixed bed operations running with rapid throughput
• Batch reactors or CSTRs
• Phenol alkylation

Properties

Physical Properties

• Copolymer: Styrene-divinylbenzene
• Matrix: Macroporous
• Type: Strong acid cation
• Functional Group: Sulfonic acid
• Physical Form: White to yellow, opaque, spherical beads
• Nitrogen BET Surface Area: 30 m²/g
• Total Pore Volume: 0.35 cc/g
• Average Pore Diameter: 200 Å

Chemical Properties

• Ionic Form as Shipped: H⁺
• Concentration of Acid Sites: ≥ 4.90 eq/kg (Dry Weight Capacity), ≥ 1.85 eq/L (Total Exchange Capacity on water-wet basis)
• Water Retention Capacity: 50 – 54%

Particle Size

• Particle Diameter: 475 ± 50 µm
• Fines (< 297 µm): ≤ 1.0%
• Particle size range (400 – 650 µm): ≥ 95.0%

Density

• Shipping Weight: 760 g/L

Operating Conditions

• Maximum Operating Temperature: 120°C (248°F)
• Bed Depth, min.: 600 mm (2.0 ft)
• Pressure Drop, max.: 1 bar (15 psig) across the bed
• Flowrates (Linear Hourly Space Velocity, LHSV): 0.5 – 5 h⁻¹

Disclaimer

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Official datasheet (PDF)

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