Isotopic study of chain growth during the CO/H/sub 2/ reaction over Ni/Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/
Steady-state tracing by switches from /sup 12/COH/sub 2/ to /sup 13/COH/sub 2/ have been used to study the growth of hydrocarbon chains on a 10 wt% NiAl/sub 2/O/sub 3/ catalyst at 1 atm. Temperatures between 225 and 275/sup 0/C, and H/sub 2/CO ratios between 1 and 9 have been used in an effort to shift rate-determining steps and hydrocarbon populations. Experiments were conducted in a gradientless microreactor at low conversions. N-Alkanes and 1-olefins were produced, and the selectivity to methane varied between 40 and 91%. Traces of acetaldehyde were also detected. Under all conditions, the /sup 13/C enrichment of C/sub 3//sup +/ hydrocarbons was substantially greater than that of methane and ethane. The results indicate that some of the monomers for C/sub 3//sup +/ production may have been either CO or CH/sub x/ species derived from CO very rapidly. Discrimination between these two mechanisms was not possible
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 5206268
- Journal Information:
- J. Catal.; (United States), Vol. 110:2
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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