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Liquid Hydrocarbon Fuels from Syngas  
Third Annual Progress Report  March 1983-February 1984 - 1984

Rabo, Jule A. - Principal Investigator
Union Carbide Corporation

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Table of Contents

I

 Contract Objective 1

II

 Schedule 2

III

 Organization 3

IV

 Summary of Progress 4

V

 Changes 8

VI

 Future Work 9
Appendix A: Catalyst Testing

11
Appendix B: Surface Studies

337


Appendix A: Catalyst Testing

I

 Introduction 12

II

 Run 1 (11677-10) with Catalyst 1 (Co/Th+UCC-101) 14

III

 Run 2 (11677-09) with Catalyst 2 (Co/Th+UCC-103+UCC-101) 69

IV

 Run 3 (11723-03) with Catalyst 3 (Co/Th+UCC-103_UCC-108) 93

V

 Run 4 (11723-06) with Catalyst 4 (Co/Th+UCC-103+UCC-108) 143

VI

 Run 5 (11723-04) with Catalyst 5 (Co/Th/X6+UCC-103) 176

VII

 Run 6 (11677-11) with Catalyst 6(Co/Th/X4+UCC-103+UCC-101) 224

VIII

 Run 7 (11677-12) with Catalyst 7 (Cu/Zn/Al2O3) 288

IX

 Run 8 (11723-05) with Catalyst 8 (Co/Th+UCC-103+UCC-101+Cu/Zn) 290

X

 Run 9 (11723-07) with Catalyst 9 (Co/Th+UCC-103+UCC-101+Cu/Zn) 306

XI

 Run 10 (11723-08) with Catalyst 10 (Co/Th+UCC-103+UCC-101+Cu/An/ Al2O3) 319

XII

 Summary 334


Appendix B: Surface Studies

Section 1 338
Section 2: Experimental 338
Section 3 339
  3.1 Rh foil 339
3.2 Rh Compounds 341
Section 4: Thorium oxide 343
Section 5: Coadsorption Studies 344

5.1

 K + CO on Pt(111) 345
    i See figure 12 345
ii See figure 13 345
iii 345
iv 345
vi See figure 14 345

5.2

 K + other small molecular adsorbates on Pt(111) 348
  5.2.1 Benzene 349
5.2.2 Phosphorous trifluoride 352
5.2.3 Acetonitrile (CH3CN) 353
5.2.4 Butene 353
5.2.5 Nitric oxide 354
Section 6: CO hydrogenation on promoted (unsupported) Fe, Re, and Pt samples 354
Section 7 357
Transition Metal-Zeolite Combined Catalysts 360