Contributors | p. xi |
Preface | p. xiii |
Deuterium-Labelling in Mechanistic Studies on Heterogeneous Acid-Base Catalysts | p. 1 |
Introduction | p. 1 |
H/D Exchange in the Strongest Liquid Superacids | p. 2 |
H/D Exchange between Alkanes and Solid Acid Catalysts | p. 5 |
The number of exchangeable acid sites on the catalyst | p. 5 |
H/D exchange with methane and ethane | p. 10 |
H/D exchange with alkanes having more than 2 carbon atoms | p. 13 |
The case of propane | p. 19 |
Competitive reactions evidenced by H/D exchange | p. 23 |
Molecular rearrangement | p. 23 |
Deactivation of acidic catalysts | p. 23 |
The inhibiting effect of CO | p. 25 |
Conclusion | p. 25 |
Application of [superscript 14]C Radiotracer for the Study of Heterogeneous Catalytic Reactions | p. 31 |
Introduction | p. 31 |
Investigation of Reaction Pathways by Using Mixtures Containing Labelled Reactant | p. 32 |
Hydrocarbon cracking and isomerisation over acidic catalysts | p. 32 |
Formation and rupture of C[subscript 5]-cyclic hydrocarbons | p. 39 |
Aromatisation of branched alkanes | p. 40 |
Study of Reaction Kinetics by Isotope Tracer | p. 44 |
Benzene hydrogenation | p. 45 |
The kinetic isotope method | p. 46 |
Reaction Pathway Studies by the Determination of the Position of the Label | p. 48 |
Dehydrocyclisation | p. 50 |
Skeletal transformations of cyclic hydrocarbons | p. 51 |
Fischer-Tropsch synthesis | p. 53 |
[superscript 14]C Tracers - Past or Future? | p. 58 |
Use of [superscript 35]S Radiotracer in Catalytic Studies | p. 63 |
Catalyst Sulfur Uptake | p. 66 |
Single crystals | p. 66 |
Non-supported catalysts | p. 67 |
Supported catalysts | p. 69 |
Catalysts' Sulfur Mobility | p. 74 |
Catalyst sulfur exchange with hydrogen sulphide | p. 75 |
Sulfur exchange via thiophene HDS | p. 79 |
Sulfur exchange via HDS of thioaromatic compounds | p. 83 |
On the Role of Catalyst Sulfur in Catalytic Hydrodesulfurisation: Some Conclusions from Tracer Studies | p. 86 |
On the mechanism of sulfur exchange | p. 87 |
On the reaction mechanism of desulfurisation | p. 88 |
Tritium in Catalysis | p. 97 |
Introduction | p. 97 |
Radiochemical Facilities | p. 98 |
Tritiation Procedures | p. 106 |
Discussion | p. 107 |
Conclusion | p. 111 |
Acknowledgements | p. 112 |
Isotopic Exchange of Oxygen Over Oxide Surfaces | p. 115 |
Introduction | p. 115 |
Activity Patterns | p. 118 |
Nature of the Exchange Site | p. 126 |
Conclusion | p. 130 |
Oxygen and Hydrogen Surface Mobility in Supported Metal Catalysts. Study by [superscript 18]O/[superscript 16]O and [superscript 2]H/[superscript 1]H Exchange | p. 133 |
Introduction | p. 134 |
Measurement of Surface Diffusion by Isotopic Exchange | p. 135 |
Overview | p. 135 |
Mechanisms of isotopic exchange of oxygen on oxides | p. 136 |
Definitions | p. 136 |
Kinetics of the exchange between a gas and a monophasic solid | p. 137 |
Mechanisms of isotopic exchange of oxygen on oxide-supported catalysts | p. 138 |
Isotopic heteroexchange on supported metal catalysts general parameters | p. 139 |
Mechanism and kinetic conditions | p. 139 |
Determination of the rate of exchange | p. 141 |
Initial rates of exchange | p. 142 |
Numbers of exchanged and of exchangeable atoms | p. 143 |
Isotopic heteroexchange on supported metal catalysts kinetics | p. 144 |
Exchange is controlled by adsorption-desorption of X[subscript 2] on the metal | p. 144 |
Exchange is controlled by the metal to support transfer | p. 145 |
Exchange is controlled by the surface diffusion on the support | p. 147 |
Exchange is controlled by bulk diffusion into the support | p. 148 |
Isotopic homoexchange on supported metal catalysts | p. 149 |
Mechanisms | p. 150 |
Kinetics | p. 151 |
Surface Diffusion of Hydrogen and Oxygen | p. 153 |
Overview | p. 153 |
[superscript 1]H[subscript 2]/[superscript 2]H[subscript 2] and [superscript 16]O[subscript 2]/[superscript 18]O[subscript 2] homoexchange on metals | p. 154 |
[superscript 1]H[subscript 2]/[superscript 2]H[subscript 2] equilibration | p. 154 |
[superscript 16]O[subscript 2]/[superscript 18]O[subscript 2] equilibration | p. 156 |
[superscript 2]H[subscript 2]/[superscript 1]H[subscript S] and [superscript 18]O[subscript 2]/[superscript 16]O[subscript S] heteroexchange on supports | p. 159 |
[superscript 2]H[subscript 2] exchange with [superscript 1]H[subscript S] species of oxides | p. 159 |
[superscript 18]O[subscript 2] exchange with [superscript 16]O[subscript S] species of oxides | p. 163 |
Surface diffusion of hydrogen species on supported metal catalysts | p. 166 |
[superscript 2]H[subscript 2] heteroexchange with [superscript 1]H species of alumina in the presence of metals | p. 166 |
Hydrogen exchange on other supports | p. 169 |
Surface diffusion of oxygen species on supported metal catalysts | p. 170 |
Comparison between H and O surface diffusion | p. 172 |
Recent Developments of [superscript 16]O/[superscript 18]O Isotopic Exchange: Case of Oxides with Very High Oxygen Mobility | p. 174 |
Investigation of Reaction at the Site Level Using SSITKA | p. 183 |
Introduction | p. 183 |
Theory | p. 184 |
Advanced Mathematical Analysis | p. 190 |
Deconvolution | p. 190 |
Convolution | p. 191 |
Experimental Limitations and Corrective Techniques | p. 193 |
H[subscript 2]-D[subscript 2] | p. 193 |
O[subscript 2] | p. 194 |
Readsorption | p. 194 |
Steady-state versus non-steady-state analysis | p. 196 |
Applications | p. 197 |
TOF on metals | p. 197 |
Cause of deactivation | p. 198 |
Effects of promotion | p. 199 |
Effect of alloying | p. 200 |
Acid catalysis | p. 201 |
High temperature reaction | p. 203 |
Effect of temperature | p. 204 |
Effect of partial pressure of reactant | p. 206 |
Summary | p. 206 |
Positron Emission Profiling - The Ammonia Oxidation Reaction as a Case Study | p. 213 |
Introduction | p. 213 |
Positron emission and positron-electron annihilation | p. 214 |
Positron emission detection methods | p. 216 |
Positron Emission Tomography (PET), Particle Tracking (PEPT) and Profiling (PEP) | p. 217 |
The TU/e PEP detector | p. 219 |
Synthesis of Radio-labelled Molecules | p. 222 |
[superscript 13]NH[subscript 3] production | p. 223 |
Positron Emission Profiling Study on the Catalytic Ammonia Oxidation | p. 224 |
Activation of ammonia dissociation on Pt | p. 225 |
Experimental details | p. 226 |
Activation of ammonia adsorption by oxygen | p. 226 |
Influence of temperature on the ammonia dissociation on pre-oxidised Pt | p. 228 |
Determination of adsorbed species by temperature programmed desorption | p. 230 |
Determination of adsorbed species by temperature programmed oxidation | p. 232 |
Reaction of adsorbed N species with H[subscript 2], NH[subscript 3], and NO | p. 234 |
Conclusions | p. 239 |
Low temperature ammonia oxidation on Pt | p. 240 |
Experimental details | p. 241 |
Ammonia oxidation at 323-473 K | p. 241 |
Characterisation of the adsorbed nitrogen and oxygen species | p. 244 |
Conversion and selectivity on pre-oxidised platinum | p. 248 |
Desorption of water | p. 249 |
Reaction mechanism | p. 251 |
Conclusion | p. 253 |
Ammonia adsorption on alumina | p. 254 |
Experimental details | p. 254 |
[superscript 13 N]-NH[subscript 3] equilibrium pulse experiments | p. 255 |
[superscript 13 N]-NH[subscript 3] Adsorption Assisted Desorption pulse experiments | p. 255 |
Conclusions | p. 256 |
Low temperature ammonia oxidation on Pt/alumina | p. 257 |
Index | p. 261 |
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