“…The α-cages are centered on the corners and in the midpoint of the unit cell; thus, a system of two nonintersecting three-dimensional channels results. Cations such as Ag + , H + or D + , NH4, Li + , Na + , K + , Rb + , Cs + , Mg 2 + , Ca 2 + , Sr 2 + , Ba 2+ and La 3 + , can be exchanged into zeolite Rho (Flank, 1977;Barrer, Barri and Klinowski, 1980;McCusker, 1984;McCusker and Baerlocher, 1984;Fischer et al, 1986;Baur et al, 1987).…”