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Study of the mechanism of formation of Raney Ni catalysts

Journal Article · · Kinet. Catal. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
OSTI ID:6334751
The mechanism of oxidation of nickel during preparation of Raney Ni from Al +NiAl/sub 3/ and NiAl/sub 3/ alloys was specified by methods of transmission electron microscopy. It was shown that Ni/sup 0/ is oxidized into Ni/sup 2 +/ by water even in the presence of hydrogen. Ultrasonic irradiation of the catalysts is an intensifying factor in oxide formation. The experiments conducted thus indicate that nickel oxides are formed in the electron microscopic preparations due to oxidation by water and not due to the direct oxidation of the catalysts and not as a result of the reaction of the sample with the oxygen remaining in the vacuum system of the electron microscope.
Research Organization:
Institute of Organic Catalysis and Electrochemistry, Alma-Ata (USSR)
OSTI ID:
6334751
Journal Information:
Kinet. Catal. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Kinet. Catal. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 29:2; ISSN KICAA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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