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Effect of oxygen on hydrocarbon catalysis by platinum crystal surfaces at high and low pressure

Conference · · 72nd AIChE Annu. Meet. Prepr.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6138938

The reactions of cyclohexane with hydrogen were tested at 100-500 mm Hg and 573/sup 0/K or < 0.00001 mm Hg and 423/sup 0/K on platinum single crystal surfaces of a close-packed hexagonal array (111), a stepped surface containing 17% low-coordination number atoms (557), a surface with step sites and 6% kink sites (10,8,7), and a stepped surface with 9% kink sites (25,10,7). Dehydrogenation of cyclohexane to benzene increased with increasing coordinative unsaturation and deactivation occurred owing to benzene adsorption and coke deposition; catalysts with kink sites deactivated more slowly than the (111) surface, probably due to higher energy hydrogen binding states. The difference between flat and kinked surface activities was greater at high than at lower pressure. Ring opening and fragmentation reaction rates were higher on (111) surfaces than on stepped or kinked surfaces. Preoxidation of the catalysts enhanced the hydrogenation and dehydrogenation reactions; the effect was structure sensitive and greatest on the (10,8,7) surface.

OSTI ID:
6138938
Report Number(s):
CONF-791108-
Journal Information:
72nd AIChE Annu. Meet. Prepr.; (United States), Journal Name: 72nd AIChE Annu. Meet. Prepr.; (United States) Vol. 59C
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English