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Title: Mechanism of the reaction of nitric oxide, ammonia, and oxygen over vanadia catalysts. 1. The role of oxygen studied by way of isotopic transients under dilute conditions

Journal Article · · J. Phys. Chem.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/j100307a021· OSTI ID:5927109

The mechanism of the selective reduction of nitric oxide with ammonia in the presence of labeled oxygen has been investigated over a series of catalysts consisting of unsupported V/sub 2/O/sub 5/, V/sub 2/O/sub 5/ on TiO/sub 2/, V/sub 2/O/sub 5/ on SiO/sub 2//Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/, and V/sub 2/O/sub 5/ on Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/. The results confirm that lattice oxygen participates in the reaction. It is shown that this participation can be explained in terms of a reduction/oxidation mechanism. Water, produced as a result of the reaction involving NO, NH/sub 3/, and O/sub 2/, is formed at two sites; the first part comes from the reaction of gaseous nitric oxide and adsorbed ammonia via an Eley-Rideal mechanism and the other comes from a surface dehydration process. The experimental findings are explained by a slightly modified and extended version of a mechanism proposed earlier.

Research Organization:
Arnhem Institutions of the Dutch Electricity Utilities, Netherlands
OSTI ID:
5927109
Journal Information:
J. Phys. Chem.; (United States), Vol. 91:23
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English