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Characterisation of acidic/basic properties of alumina supports
Bibliography: leaves 101-107.
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/7725 Characterisation of acidic/basic properties of alumina supports Ferreira, Riki Fletcher, Jack Visagie, Kobus Böhringer, Walter Applied Science Bibliography: leaves 101-107. Previous experience with the preparation and testing of Co/alumina catalysts for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis has revealed that, while commercial available aluminas result in materials of significantly different catalytic performance, no correlation between the physical properties of the aluminas and the resulting catalytic performance was evident. Consequently, it was proposed that differences in the chemical (acid/base) nature of the alumina surfaces might be responsible for the observed differences in catalytic behaviour. In this study, isopropanol conversion was evaluated as a possible test reaction for characterisation of the acid/base nature of commercial aluminas - literature indicates acetone to result from isopropanol reaction on basic sites, and DIPE and propene products to result from isopropanol conversion over acid sites of varying strength. 2014-09-29T07:28:42Z 2014-09-29T07:28:42Z 2002 Master Thesis Masters MSc http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7725 eng application/pdf Centre for Catalysis Research Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Applied Science Ferreira, Riki Characterisation of acidic/basic properties of alumina supports |
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| title | Characterisation of acidic/basic properties of alumina supports |
| title_full | Characterisation of acidic/basic properties of alumina supports |
| title_fullStr | Characterisation of acidic/basic properties of alumina supports |
| title_full_unstemmed | Characterisation of acidic/basic properties of alumina supports |
| title_short | Characterisation of acidic/basic properties of alumina supports |
| title_sort | characterisation of acidic basic properties of alumina supports |
| topic | Applied Science |
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