Carbon monoxide oxidation, role

J. D. Grunwaldt, and A. Baiker, Gold/titaniainterfaces and their role in carbon monoxide oxidation, J. Phys. Chem. B 103(6), 1002-1012 (1999). 

The oxidahon of carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide using similar bismuth uranate catalysts has been reported by Derouane and coworkers [49]. The work on carbon monoxide oxidation confirmed that the bismuth uranate catalyst operated by a redox mechanism. These studies on bismuth uranates highlight the important role played by oxygen transfer via the lathee, and reinforce the importance of the ability of uranium to exhibit relatively facile redox behavior. 

Kucemak AR, Offer GJ (2008) The role of adsorbed hydroxyl species in the electrocatalytic carbon monoxide oxidation reaction on platinum. Phys Chem Chem Phys 10 3699-3711... 

Fenner (11) has pointed out that short-lifetime constituents of the atmosphere such as nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, and nonmethane hydrocarbons may also play roles related to global warming because of their chemical relations to the longer-lived greenhouse gases. Also, SO, with a very short life interacts with ozone and other constituents to be converted to particulate sulfate, which has effects on cloud droplet formation. 

Very recently, considerable effort has been devoted to the simulation of the oscillatory behavior which has been observed experimentally in various surface reactions. So far, the most studied reaction is the catalytic oxidation of carbon monoxide, where it is well known that oscillations are coupled to reversible reconstructions of the surface via structure-sensitive sticking coefficients of the reactants. A careful evaluation of the simulation results is necessary in order to ensure that oscillations remain in the thermodynamic limit. The roles of surface diffusion of the reactants versus direct adsorption from the gas phase, at the onset of selforganization and synchronized behavior, is a topic which merits further investigation. 

The results of a number of studies demonstrate that the gas nitric oxide (NO) plays a functional role in the central nervous system. This all originated with the discovery that the so-called endothelium-derived relaxing factor (EDRF), found in blood vessels, and thought to be a peptide, was in fact NO. The potential roles of this freely diffusible gas have subsequently been extended to many other tissues and organs but we will concentrate on the possible neuronal roles of what is obviously a novel mediator. There are also suggestions that the closely related carbon monoxide may also have a function in the central nervous system. 

Since much of the impetus for our STM studies stems from earlier spectroscopic investigations of alkali metals and alkali metal-modified surfaces,6 we consider first what was learnt from the caesiated Cu(l 10) surface concerning the role of different oxygen states, transient and final states, in the oxidation of carbon monoxide, and then examine how structural information from STM can relate to the chemical reactivity of the modified Cu(110) surface. 

The role of Os" in the oxidation of various reactants, including hydrocarbons, has been briefly investigated but no definitive data has been obtained. In most of the studies the ESR spectra have been observed following addition of a reactant to a surface which has the superoxide ion. The ESR spectrum of the superoxide ion remains essentially unperturbed upon addition of hydrogen, methane, carbon monoxide or ethylene how-... 

PCDD/F and other chlorinated hydrocarbons observed as micropollutants in incineration plants are products of incomplete combustion like other products such as carbon monoxide, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), and soot. The thermodynamically stable oxidation products of any organic material formed by more than 99% are carbon dioxide, water, and HCl. Traces of PCDD/F are formed in the combustion of any organic material in the presence of small amounts of inorganic and organic chlorine present in the fuel municipal waste contains about 0.8% of chlorine. PCDD/F formation has been called the inherent property of fire. Many investigations have shown that PCDD/Fs are not formed in the hot zones of flames of incinerators at about 1000°C, but in the postcombustion zone in a temperature range between 300 and 400°C. Fly ash particles play an important role in that they act as catalysts for the heterogeneous formation of PCDD/Fs on the surface of this matrix. Two different theories have been deduced from laboratory experiments for the formation pathways of PCCD/F ... 

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