Mesoporous catalysts of MCM-41 type with different Si/Al ratios were synthesized by the hydrothermal method and characterized by X-ray diffraction, nitrogen adsorption and thermogravimetric analysis. Their acidic properties were determined via the temperature programmed desorption of pyridine. Vyazovkin kinetic models were used to correlate the total acidity as a function of the Si/Al ratio with the apparent activation energy for pyridine desorption. The results obtained indicated that the catalysts possessed weak and medium acidic sites. An increase in the Si/Al ratio led to an increase in the activation energy for pyridine desorption.
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