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Acidity of nickel silicate and its bearing on the catalytic activity for ethylene dimerization and butene isomerization

Journal Article · · J. Catal.; (United States)
Experimental results obtained with nickel silicate catalysts precipitated at pH 6-10 (Group 1) or containing 4-90% nickel oxide (Group 2) provided evidence that 1-butene was the primary product of ethylene dimerization; that 2-butene was a secondary isomerization product; that the selectivity for 2-butene isomerization ran parallel to the previously measured dimerization activity, i.e., had maxima at 100/sup 0/ and 600/sup 0/C pretreatment temperatures; that the montmorillonite sites which were activated at 100/sup 0/C consisted of protonic acid sites; that the protonic sites for dimerization and isomerization differed and that the number of isomerization sites was about one order of magnitude greater than that of dimerization sites; and that the antigorite sites activated at 600/sup 0/C were nonprotonic acid sites. The experiments included n-butylamine titration with dicinnamalacetone indicator, ammonia chemisorption, selective poisoning studies with water and sodium, deuterium tracer studies, and IR spectroscopy.
Research Organization:
Tokyo Inst. of Technol.
OSTI ID:
6360648
Journal Information:
J. Catal.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Catal.; (United States) Vol. 61:1; ISSN JCTLA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English