Dehydrogenation of ethylene

Beginning in the middle of the twentieth century alternative methods of acetylene production became practical One of these is based on the dehydrogenation of ethylene... 

E.M. Stuve, and R.J. Madix, Bonding and dehydrogenation of ethylene on palladium metal. Vibrational spectra and temperature-programmed reaction studies on Pd(100), J. Phys. Chem. 89, 105-112 (1985). 

Introduction. The structure of acetylene and ethylene adsorbed on transition metal surfaces is of fundamental importance in catalysis. An understanding of the interaction of these simple molecules with metal surfaces may provide information on possible surface intermediates in the catalytic hydrogenation/dehydrogenation of ethylene. High resolution ELS is a particularly useful... 

Gallezot, P., Tretjak, S., Christidis, Y., Mattioda, G., and Schouteeten, A., Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Ethylene Glycol on Silver Catalyst , presented at the 13th North American Meeting of the Catalysis Society, Pittsburgh, 1993. 

Fig. 31. Hydrogen thermal desorption spectra illustrating the sequential dehydrogenation of ethylene, propylene, and cis-2-butene chemisorbed on the Pt(lll) crystal surface at 120 K. The rate of heating is 12 K/sec...

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