Database of Zeolite Structures
 

Framework Type SOD
Reference Material
  Material Name: Sodalite    
 
Chemical Formula:		  
|Na8 Cl2 | [Al6Si6O24]-SOD		  
   
Unit Cell:§ 		 
cubic
 P -4 3 n (# 218)
    a' = 8.8700 Å b' = 8.8700 Å c' = 8.8700 Å  
    α' = 90.000° β' = 90.000° γ' = 90.000°  
   
Framework Density: 		 
17.2 T/1000 Å3
 
  
Channels: 		 
apertures formed by 6-rings only
Dimensionality
  Sorption (molecular cross section > 3.4Å): 0-dimensional
  Topological (pore opening > 6-ring): 0-dimensional
   
References:
  Pauling, L.
  "The structure of sodalite and helvite"
Z. Kristallogr., 74, 213-225 (1930)
Material name:   Sodalite
Chemical formula:   [Al6Si6O24]-SOD
  § Loens, J. and Schulz, H.
  "Strukturverfeinerung von Sodalith, Na8Si6Al6O24Cl2"
Acta Crystallogr., 23, 434-436 (1967)
 
  
Name and Code derivation:
    Sodalite
  SOD
 
 
§ Chemical Formula and Unit Cell taken from the reference marked with this sign

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