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Catalytic functionalities of supported sulfides. II. Effect of support on Mo dispersion

Conference · · Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Pet. Chem., Prepr.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6280729
Certain Mo and CoMo catalysts supported on a series of SiO/sub 2/-Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/ supports have been characterized by x-ray diffraction and ESCA techniques. The catalysts showed a decline in hydrodesulfurization (HDS) and hydrogenation (HYD) activity with increasing SiO/sub 2/ content in the support. For the Mo/SiO/sub 2/-Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/ series, results indicated a high degree of dispersion of Mo on catalysts containing a high proportion of Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/; however, ESCA results showed low dispersion of Mo for the SiO/sub 2/-supported catalysts indicating three-dimensional crystallites. Similar ESCA results were obtained for the CoMo catalysts. There is some reason to believe that two phases may also be present in the Mo/SiO/sub 2/ catalyst and that the calculated crystallite size is an average if large and small crystals with x-ray diffraction detecting only the larger ones. Some discussion is presented of the mechanism of the reactions at active sites on the catalysts. (BLM)
Research Organization:
Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City
OSTI ID:
6280729
Report Number(s):
CONF-820909-Vol.1
Conference Information:
Journal Name: Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Pet. Chem., Prepr.; (United States) Journal Volume: 27:3
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English