Oberflächenverbindungen von Übergangsmetallen. XVIII. Der Einfluß der Cr-Konzentration auf Oxydationszahl und „Qualität”︁ von Cr-Oberflächenverbindungen auf Silicagel

Surface Compounds of Transition Metals. XVIII. The Influence of Cr Concentration on Oxidation Number and “Quality” of Cr Surface Compounds on Silicagel Mean oxidation number (OZ ) and mean unsaturated character (q ) of reduced Cr surface compounds on silicagel depend on the concentration of Cr in the product. The first effect is caused by the decrease of thermally stable surface Cr^VI with increasing Cr concentration in the activated product, since surface Cr^VI is the only precursor of surface Cr^II (constant yield of reduction～90%); consequently OZ _red shifts to higher values with increasing concentration. — The measured decrease of q with increasing Cr content cannot be correlated with a possible coordination of neighbouring SiOH groups, as it was suggested for the influence of T_act and T_red; other explanations are proposed. For the analyzed product, the results support the postulated model of an ensemble of topologically different individual surface species of typical reactivity.