Abstract: | An investigation was made into the nature of paramagnetic centers in a Tc/Al2O3 system under varying conditions as to heat treatment and technetium content, and in O2 and CO adsorption environments. It was found that in the case of reduction at 573 K Tc2+ ions and, conceivably, other ionic forms developed and stabilized on the carrier surface. After reduction at 973 K two types of electron center appeared, whose concentration increased as reduction was prolonged. Signals were observed in the low fields (3–20 mT) of the ESR spectra having g1 13.5 and g2>30, which could be assigned to free charge carriers in a cluster of metal atoms or ions. Adsorption of O2 at 300 K caused O2– ion radicals to form on the surface of the reduced Tc/Al2O3 samples, both electron centers and technetium ions constituting the electron donors. In the case of CO adsorption paramagnetic (CO)2– particles appeared on the Tc/Al2O3 samples after prolonged exposure. On reaction with O2 two types of O2– ion-radical with differing thermal stability were formed.Institute of Physical Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow. Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 9, pp. 1972–1978, September, 1992. |