Patent ID: 8518370

Claim:
A metalloaluminophosphate (MeAPO) molecular sieve comprising: a lamellar crystal morphology having an empirical chemical composition on an anhydrous basis, after synthesis and calcination, expressed by the formula H x Me y Al z P k O 2 ; wherein, the sum of y plus z plus k equals 1.0; x is less than or equal to y; y has a value ranging from 0.0008 to 0.4; z has a value ranging from 0.25 to 0.67; k has a value ranging from 0.2 to 0.67; and said molecular sieve having predominantly a plate crystal morphology having a width (W) and a thickness (T) wherein W/T is greater than or equal to 10, wherein the process of preparing the MeAPO molecular sieve includes the use of a texture influencing agent.