Titanium-carbon monoxide adsorption

Heat-flow calorimetry may be used also to detect the surface modifications which occur very frequently when a freshly prepared catalyst contacts the reaction mixture. Reduction of titanium oxide at 450°C by carbon monoxide for 15 hr, for instance, enhances the catalytic activity of the solid for the oxidation of carbon monoxide at 450°C (84) and creates very active sites with respect to oxygen. The differential heats of adsorption of oxygen at 450°C on the surface of reduced titanium dioxide (anatase) have been measured with a high-temperature Calvet calorimeter (67). The results of two separate experiments on different samples are presented on Fig. 34 in order to show the reproducibility of the determination of differential heats and of the sample preparation. 

Fig. 34. Differential heats of adsorption of oxygen at 450°C on the surface of samples of titanium oxide (anatase) which have been previously reduced by carbon monoxide (pco = 70 Torr) at 450°C for 15 hr 67).

In this paper we review the results of our systematic work on the catalytic and adsorptive properties of transition metal carbides (titanium, zirconium, hafnium, vanadium, niobium, tantalum, chromium, molybdenum, tungsten, and iron). We focus our attention on the oxidation of hydrogen, carbon monoxide, ammonia, and the oxidative coupling of methane. The first two reactions are examples of complete (non-selective) oxidation, while the oxidation of ammonia simulates a selective oxidation process. The reaction of oxidative coupling of methane is being intensively explored at present as a means to produce higher hydrocarbons.5 10... 

Examples The roasting of ores, the chemical adsorption of hydrogen sulfide by metal oxides (forming sulfides), the conversion of a metal oxide with a volatile non-metal oxide into a salt (e.g., the chemical adsorption of sulfur dioxide and oxygen by calcium oxide), the reductive chlorination of ilmenite (iron titanate) whereby iron chloride and titanium oxide are formed. In some processes a second solid reactant is present (e.g., carbon) that also reacts with the gaseous reactant, forming another gaseous reactant (e.g., carbon monoxide). 

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