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Oxidative coupling of methane to C2-hydrocarbons over La-promoted CaO catalysts

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La2O3 promoted CaO [La/Ca (mol/mol) = 0.05] catalyst shows very high activity and selectivity (methane conversion: 25%, C2-selectivity: 66% and C2-space-time-yield: 864 mmol ·g−1 (cat.)·h−1) with no catalyst deactivation in oxidative coupling of methane to C2-hydrocarbons at 800 ° C.

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  1. Chemical Engineering Division, National Chemical Laboratory, 411 008, Pune, India

    V. R. Choudhary, S. T. Chaudhari, A. M. Rajput & V. H. Rane

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Choudhary, V.R., Chaudhari, S.T., Rajput, A.M. et al. Oxidative coupling of methane to C2-hydrocarbons over La-promoted CaO catalysts. Catal Lett 3, 85–87 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00765058

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