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Structure of Pt-Ir catalysts Moessbauer Spectroscopy studies employing /sup 57/Fe as a probe

Journal Article · · J. Catal.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6337217

Alumina-supported 1.75% iridium, 1.75% platinum, or 1.75% platinum/1.75% iridium catalyst were prepared by impregnation and 0.1% iron-57-enriched iron added in a second impregnation step. Hydrogen, carbon monoxide, and oxygen adsorption showed a dispersion near unity (i.e., nearly all metal atoms exposed) after calcination at 260/sup 0/C, and agglomeration and/or iridium oxide formation of the iridium and bimetallic catalysts after calcination at 600/sup 0/C. A careful evaluation of the Moessbauer spectra of these catalysts, of physically mixed iridium and platinum catalysts, and of bimetallic catalysts prepared by coimpregnation, at 25/sup 0/C and at 18/sup 0/-23.5/sup 0/K, at which temperature the samples became ferromagnetic and their spectra exhibited magnetic hyperfine splitting, provided evidence that the platinum/iridium catalysts consisted of bimetallic clusters in which virtually all metal atoms were surface atoms.

Research Organization:
Exxon Res. Eng. Co.
OSTI ID:
6337217
Journal Information:
J. Catal.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Catal.; (United States) Vol. 62:1; ISSN JCTLA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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