ISSN:
0001-1541
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Chemical Engineering
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
Notes:
Two kinetic models of hydrocarbon hydrogenolysis over monometallic surfaces, based respectively on catalytically uniform or nonuniform surfaces, are applied to ethane and n-pentane hydrogenolysis results over copper-nickel alloy catalysts as well as the monometallic catalysts platinum and nickel. If no direct hydrogen desorption appears in any postulated irreversible step, both models predict the same composition for the important surface intermediates CnHx (n = 1, s), where x depends upon the catalyst.This analysis predicts that for essentially all alloy catalysts to which the postulated sequences may apply, the hydrogenolytic surface intermediate CnXx contains one more hydrogen atom than that calculated for a nickel catalyst: specifically, C2H3 (alloy) vs. C2H2 (nickel) for ethane and C5H6 (alloy) vs. C5H7 (nickel) for n-pentane.
Additional Material:
1 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aic.690220623
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