McAulay, K., Hargreaves, J.S.J. , McFarlane, A., Price, D.J., Spencer, N.A., Bion, N., Can, B., Richard, M., Greer, H.F. and Zhou, W.Z. (2015) The influence of pre-treatment gas mixture upon the ammonia synthesis activity of Co-Re catalysts. Catalysis Communications, 68, pp. 53-57. (doi: 10.1016/j.catcom.2015.04.016)
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Abstract
CoRe4 catalysts highly active for ammonia synthesis at ambient pressure and 400 °C can be prepared without an ammonolysis stage. Pre-treatments under 3:1 H2:N2 and 3:1 H2:Ar atmospheres are shown to influence catalytic performance with the latter treatment leading to an induction period prior to development of activity upon switching to an ammonia synthesis feedstream providing indirect evidence for formation of an active nitride phase. The difference in behaviour between the two pre-treatment atmospheres is manifested in temperature programmed isotopic exchange experiments where H2:Ar treated material is inactive and its H2:N2 treated counterpart active.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | McAulay, Dr Kate and Price, Dr Daniel and Hargreaves, Professor Justin and McFarlane, Dr Andrew and Spencer, Mr Nicholas |
| Authors: | McAulay, K., Hargreaves, J.S.J., McFarlane, A., Price, D.J., Spencer, N.A., Bion, N., Can, B., Richard, M., Greer, H.F., and Zhou, W.Z. |
| College/School: | College of Science and Engineering > School of Chemistry |
| Journal Name: | Catalysis Communications |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 1566-7367 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1873-3905 |
| Published Online: | 12 April 2015 |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2015 The Authors |
| First Published: | First published in Catalysis Communications 68:53-57 |
| Publisher Policy: | Reproduced under a Creative Commons License |
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