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Title: Properties of lanthanide oxides as supports for transition metal catalysts. Progress report, May 1, 1984-April 30, 1985

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6187943

The objective of this research has been to characterize the effect of support variations on the catalytic and surface properties of dispersed Group VIII transition metals. Particular emphasis has been placed on investigating behavior modifications induced by lanthanide oxide supports, in comparison to those of other, more conventional, support materials. Our investigations have focused primarily on support effects involving dispersed cobalt catalysts. Our results demonstrate that the nature of the support has a significant influence on the reduction and surface properties of dispersed cobalt. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) studies show that reduction in H/sub 2/ of SiO/sub 2/- supported Co(NO/sub 3/)/sub 2/, without prior calcination, results in considerable bulk metal formation, but that extensive monolayer regions of unreduced Co/sup 2 +/ species remain on the surface, even after treatment in H/sub 2/ at 500 to 700/sup 0/C. If the supported Co(NO/sub 3/)/sub 2/ is converted to CoO/sub x/ by prior calcination, on the other hand, subsequent treatment in H/sub 2/ results in essentially complete reduction to the zero-valent metal. On a TiO/sub 2/ support, cobalt is more easily reduced than on SiO/sub 2/, and on the lanthanide oxide supports La/sub 2/O/sub 3/, Eu/sub 2/O/sub 3/, and CeO/sub 2/, reduction occurs even more readily, but extensive additional interactions exist, particularly with CeO/sub 2/. 18 references, 13 figures, 1 table.

Research Organization:
Texas A and M Univ., College Station (USA). Dept. of Chemistry
DOE Contract Number:
AS05-78ER06042
OSTI ID:
6187943
Report Number(s):
DOE/ER/06042-5; ON: DE85006486
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Portions are illegible in microfiche products
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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