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A Study of Copper-Chromium Oxide Catalysts and a Method to Determine Catalytic Activities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

M. Stammler
Affiliation:
Aerojet-General Corporation Sacramento, California
M. Pyzyna
Affiliation:
Aerojet-General Corporation Sacramento, California
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Abstract

An extensive investigation of chemical composition, particle size, and surface area of copper-chromium oxide catalysts has been made. The two phases present in the activated material are copper oxide (CuO) and copper-chromium spinel (CuCr2O4). The crystallite size of the CuO phase (determined by X-ray diffraction line broadening) can be correlated with the catalytic activity measured on a CO-CO2 oxidation reaction. The catalytic activity of the oxide catalyst can be expressed as a function of the X-ray fluorescence intensity of the Cu Kα line even on changing the absolute copper concentration up to 3%. An attempt is made to explain this phenomenon by the heterogeneity effect caused by the difference in the linear absorption factors for the Cu Kα radiation in the system CuO-CuCr2O4.

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Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 1963

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