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Hydrogenation of Carbon Monoxide Over Ruthenium-Rhenium on Alumina Catalysts - 1982

Whitmoyer, David E.

Ames Laboratory
Iowa State University

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Table of Contents

Abstract iii
Introduction i
Review of Literature 5
Experimental 17
  Materials 17
System Design 21
Preparation of Catalysts 23
Kinetics Procedure 26
Results and Discussion 29
  Surface Characterization of a Ru-Re Alloy by Auger Spectroscopy 29
Results of Kinetics Study 38
Mechanistic Considerations 56
Suggestions for Further Research 67
Appendix I. Derivation of a Rate Law With Simple Langmuir-Hinshelwood Model 68
Appendix II.  Derivation of Average Crystallite Size 70
Bibliography 71
Acknowledgements 73