Investigations on zirconium-containing conversion layers on aluminium

Summary Conversion layers on technical aluminium produced by a no-rinse process for the purposes of food wrapping products are based on the application of aqueous solutions containing mainly zirconium compounds and polyacrylic acid. By the combined use of the methods TEM, AES, XPS and ISS, in-depth profiling of the elements Al, Zr, C, O and F are achieved, the existence of the chemical compounds Al₂O₃, ZrO₂ or the respective mixed oxides and polyacrylic acid or the fragments are detected. The layer thicknesses are determined amounting to 10–40 nm, and the surface-related mass of zirconium is estimated to 10–35 mg/m².

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Untersuchungen an zirkonhaltigen Konversionsschichten auf Aluminium

     

Catalytic properties of sodium zirconium molybdate phosphates in methanol transformations

Molybdate phosphates Na_1?y Zr₂(MoO₄) _y (PO₄)_{3 ? y} (y = 0, 0.25, 0.5) having the NaZr₂(PO₄)₃ structure were prepared by the sol-gel method. The catalytic properties of the molybdate phosphates in dehydration and dehydrogenation of methanol in inert and oxidizing atmospheres were studied.     

Catalytic properties of nickel phosphates. Isomerization of butenes

The effect of calcination temperature on the catalytic properties of nickel phosphate has been studied using the isomerization of butene-1 as a test reaction. A simple relationship was found between the catalyst activity in isomerization and the hydroxy content of the catalyst surface. Interrelations between the activity of the catalyst and its structure are discussed.

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Design of novel catalyst imbedding heteropoly acids in polymer films: Catalytic activity for ethanol conversion

Membrane-like H₃PMo₁₂O₄₀ or H₅PMo₁₀V₂O₄₀-imbedded polymer films were prepared by blending these materials using a chloroform-methanol mixture as solvent, and they were tested as catalysts for the ethanol conversion reaction in a continuous flow fixed-bed reactor. It was found that the chloroform-methanol mixture itself gave no influence on the catalytic activity of bulk H₃PMo₁₂O₄₀ and H₅PMo₁₀V₂O₄₀. Polysulfone, polyethersulfone and polyphenylene oxide were used as blending polymers in this study. H₃PMo₁₂O₄₀-imbedded polymer films showed a higher catalytic activity than H₃PMo₁₂O₄₀ itself due to uniform and fine dispersion of H₃PMo₁₂O₄₀ through polymer films, but the extent of activity and selectivity was varied according to a kind of polymer materials. It was revealed that H₃PMo₁₂O₄₀ or H₅PMo₁₀V₂O₄₀-imbedded polyphenylene oxide film showed much higher oxidation catalytic activity than the corresponding bulk heteropoly acids. This may be due to the interaction (or bonding) of proton of heteropoly acid with polyphenylene oxide, judging from the fact that glass transition temperature of polyphenylene oxide was increased after blending with heteropoly acid. The catalytic activity of the heteropoly acid imbedded in the same polymer was greatly affected by the composite of heteropoly acid. The permeabilities of reactants through polymer films also affected the product selectivity.     

Catalytic performance of ternary Mg-Al-Ce oxides for ethanol conversion into 1-butanol in a flow reactor

An investigation of hydrotalcite-derived ternary Mg-Al-Ce oxides as catalysts for vapour phase condensation of ethanol to 1-butanol in a flow reactor under atmospheric pressure was carried out. The Mg-Al-Ce oxide systems with Mg/(Al +Ce) ratio from 1 to 4 were synthesized and characterized by XRD, SEM, NMR, and XPS. The study of acid-base characteristics of the systems with different Mg/(Al+Ce) ratio by NH_3/CO_2 quasi-equilibrium thermal desorption techniques shows that the ratio of the catalyst oxide components(Mg, Al, Ce) can provide acid/base capacity ratio close to 3 for the effectivity of the target process. The highest selectivity 68% is reached over Mg-Al-Ce oxide catalyst with the ratio of Mg/(Al+Ce) = 2.     

Synthesis and properties of zirconium-containing materials produced using calcium aluminates

Highly dispersed zirconium-alumocalcium oxide materials were synthesized with calcium aluminates. The phase composition and surface properties of the samples obtained were analyzed in relation to temperature. Texture characteristics and acid properties of the surface of the materials synthesized were examined in relation to the relative amounts of the components.     

Catalytic dealkylation of phosphates with binuclear boron compounds

The Salen(tBu) ligand and its derivatives were used to prepare binuclear boron complexes. These compounds have the formula, L(BBr2)2 (L = Salpen(tBu) and Salben(tBu)). These are formed from the reaction of the corresponding L[B(OMe)2]2 with BBr3. They represent a new type of binuclear boron compound. These compounds are active towards the dealkylation of many phosphates. They are also catalytically active with a stoichiometric amount of BBr3 to trimethylphosphate.     

Catalytic activity of H-ZSM-5 and H-ZSM-5/AL-MCM-41 in the conversion of ethanol to gasoline fraction hydrocarbons

H-ZSM-5 (Si/Al = 10.6 and 20) efficiently catalyzes the transformation of ethanol into C₅-C₁₂ gasoline hydrocarbons in 27–33 mass % yield at 320°C and feed rate 20 mmol C₂H₅OH/(gcat·h). Only ethylene is produced on the mesoporous zeolite H-ZSM-5/Al-MCM-41 with 100% ethanol conversion. This discrepancy may be attributed to blockage of the ZSM-5 micropores in the mesoporous zeolite structure.     

Catalytic properties of Fe ion-exchanged mordenite toward the ethanol transformation: influence of the methods of preparation

The transformation of ethanol on Fe ion-exchanged mordenite was compared in the temperature range of 200–400 °C for samples prepared in the solution and solid states. Ethane and methane were found as rather major products, compared to acetaldehyde and acetone. Diethyl ether was also detected as a dehydration product. The conversion was found to increase monotonically (to 96%) with increasing the Fe content (to 100%) and reaction temperature to 400 °C. The selectivity towards acetaldehyde and acetone was found maximum at the temperature 300 °C. Decrease in the catalyst Brönsted acidity due to ion-exchange in solution caused a marked increase in the selectivity toward acetaldehyde at 300 °C. At variance, Fe ion-exchanged in the solid state resulted in a higher Brönsted acidity catalyst of higher selectivity to acetone. The solid state exchanged catalyst formed more coke at 400 °C. The higher zeolite acidity catalyzes the ethane propagation into the coke precursors. The extraordinary formation of ethane as a dominant transformation product (in the absence of H₂ gas supply) is explained mainly to the O-abstracting affinity of the Fe³⁺ ion. Methane may be formed as a result of decomposition reaction at high temperatures. Mössbauer and XRD were applied for characterizing different Fe species involved as active sites in the reaction. Coke deposited on the catalysts was measured by TGA. Other helpful information was obtained from BET of N₂-adsorption and FT–IR of NH₃-adsorption. Fair correlation between the active sites responsible for formation of the various products and the zeolite acidity is discussed along with a possible role for the surface area and pore structure in the reaction activity and selectivity.     

Catalytic conversion of benzene to phenol

Phenol is very useful intermediate in the manufacture of petrochemicals, drugs, agrochemicals, and plastics. Commercially, phenol is produced by a three-step, high-energy consumption process known as the cumene process. The conversion of a chemical to a value-added product is always economically desirable. More than 90% of phenol consumption in the world is manufactured by the multistep cumene process, in which acetone is coproduced in 1: 1 molar ratio with respect to phenol. However, the drawbacks of the three-step cumene process have spurred the development of more economical routes to decrease energy consumption, avoid the formation of explosive cumene hydroperoxide, and increase the yield. The objective of this article is to highlight benzene-to-phenol conversion technologies with emphasis on direct conversion methods. Gas phase and liquid phase reactions are the two main routes for direct oxidation of benzene to phenol. Indirect methods, such as the cumene process, and direct methods of benzene-to-phenol conversion are discussed in detail. Also discussed is the single-step reaction of benzene to phenol using oxidants such as O₂, N₂O, and H₂O₂. Catalytic conversion of benzene to value-added phenol using a chemically converted graphene-based catalyst, a cost-effective carbon material, is discussed.     

Catalytic conversion of dimethylsulfide to methylmercaptan

The effect of reaction conditions on the methylmercaptan formation from dimethylsulfide in H₂S catalyzed by -Al₂O₃ has been studied. The reaction is first order with respect to dimethylsulfide. It has been revealed that the maximum activity in this reaction is observed for the catalysts whose surface contains a large number of aprotonic acid centers and moderate-strength basic sites.

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Mercury trifluoroacetate-catalyzed conversion of Se-alkyl phosphoroselenolates into the corresponding phosphates

The role of mercuric trifluoroacetate as reactive agent and activator in reactions of various Se-alkyl phosphoroselenoates with O- and N-nucleophiles is examined. The formation of mercury-complexed intermediates of putative mixed anhydride-like structure is indicated.     

Catalytic activity of tantalum hydride in parahydrogen conversion

The kinetics of parahydrogen conversion were studied on tantalum hydride at a hydrogen pressure of 2 Torr, in the temperature range 20–100 °C. For samples with high hydrogen content (H/Ta>0.7) the Arrhenius plot shows a distinct break at 52 °C near to the order-disorder transition temperature. For the ordered -Ta hydride phase the activation energy and preexponential factor are lower than those for the disordered phase of the Ta-H system.

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Synthesis and properties of cellulose phosphates

Conditions for modification of cellulose under laboratory and industrial conditions with A-1 and A-2 fire retardants as P,N-containing modifiers were examined with the aim to prepare difficultly inflammable materials. The degrees of crystallinity of the products, crystallite size, and features of their thermal decomposition in air in the range 20–500°C were examined. Original Russian Text N.K. Luneva, L.I. Petrovskaya, T.I. Ezovitova, 2007, published in Zhurnal Prikladnoi Khimii, 2007, Vol. 80, No. 11, pp. 1899–1903.     

Some properties of milled vanadium phosphates

Mechanochemical modification of vanadium phosphates doped with Bi, Zr, Mo has been studied. Milled samples have been investigated by means of XRD, DTA-TG, FTIR, nitrogen adsorption, electrokinetic measurements. It was found that phase composition of the phosphates does not change upon the mechanochemical modification process. Milling in water causes formation of porous materials. Modification of surface results in changes of the electrokinetic and adsorption properties of the milled samples.     

Catalytic activity of carbon nanotubes in the conversion of aliphatic alcohols

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) obtained via the catalytic pyrolysis of hexane at 750°C were studied as the catalysts in conversion of C₂–C₄ alcohols. The efficiency of CNTs as catalysts in dehydration and dehydrogenation of ethanol, 1-propanol, 2-propanol, 1-butanol, 2-butanol, and tert-butanol was studied by means of pulse microcatalysis. The surface and structural characteristics of CNTs are investigated via SEM, TEM, DTA, BET, and XPS. CNTs are shown to be effective catalysts in the conversion of alcohols and do not require additional oxidative treatment. The regularities of the conversion of aliphatic alcohols, related to the properties of the CNTs surface and the structure of the alcohols are identified.