1. ‘Ilie Murgulescu’ Institute of Physical Chemistry, Romanian Academy, 202 Splaiul Independentei, 060021, Bucharest, Romania 2. Institute of Applied and Physical Chemistry, Bremen University, P.O. Box 330440, D-28334, Bremen, Germany
Abstract:
Activation energies of ignition for the thermokinetic oscillations obtained during the heterogeneous catalytic oxidation of ethanol on Pd/Al2O3 in a dynamic calorimeter were obtained using the minimum values of the temperature oscillations. These activation energies of ignition are greater than the activation energies of the corresponding oscillations. The obtained results are discussed by assuming a PdOx redox cycle.