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Intermetallic compounds LaNi/sub 5/- /SUB x/ Cu /SUB x/ and their hydrides in the sorption of hydrogen and the hydrogenation of olefins

Journal Article · · Kinet. Catal. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
OSTI ID:7222537
This paper studies the sorptive and catalytic properties of the intermetallic compounds (IMC) LaNi /SUB 5-x/ Cu /SUB x/ and also of their hydrides in the hydrogenation of propylene. The existence of an inverse dependence between the bond strength in the IMC-H system and the rate of formation of the alpha-phase of the hydrides was established. It was shown that the observed extremal dependence of the specific catalytic activity of the hydrides on composition is determined by the optimum value of the bond energy of the hydrogen in the IMC matrix. It was found that the rate of hydrogenation of an olefin on IMC hydrides follows a rate equation zero-order in hydrogen and first-order in olefin. In the case of the same IMC, on the contrary, the rate is first-order in H/sub 2/ and zero-order in C/sub 3/H/sub 6/. It is proposed that the sorptive and catalytic properties of the catalysts show the effect of the structure on the surface active center - a cluster.
Research Organization:
N.D. Zelinskii Institute of Organic Chemistry, Acad. of Sci., Moscow
OSTI ID:
7222537
Journal Information:
Kinet. Catal. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Kinet. Catal. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 26:2,PT.1; ISSN KICAA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English