Effects Due to Catalysts Placed in the Afterglow

A number of these experiments at 800 torr and 75 mA using a Co—Zr catalyst showed that in the temperature range above 190 °C the catalytic reaction produced chiefly methane (Table 9) and to some extent liquid products — ethanol, hydrocarbons, formaldehyde and water — collected in a trap at 195 K. A partial 

It was necessary to choose the composition of the initial CO2 H2 mixture (Table 9) such that upon completion of the plasma reaction a mixture is obtained with the ratio CO.H2 = 1 2, which is optimum for the synthesis of organic compounds in the catalytic stage. 

Catalytic reaction started upon completion of the plasma reaction 

Plasma and catalytic reactions proceed at the same time sequentially 

Heptane, octane, isooctane, nonane, decane, isodecane, undecane 

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