Ethylene reaction with coadsorbed oxygen

The reactions of ethylene, water, and methanol with coadsorbed oxygen on Pdf 100) were studied with temperature programmed reaction spectroscopy (TPRS) and high resolution electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS). 

Hydrocarbons in the exhaust react with oxygen and with NO. Although these reactions have had much less attention than oxidation of CO and reduction of NO by CO, reactions of hydrocarbons play an important role in the overall reaction mechanism of the three-way converter, particularly because the converter is by no means a homogeneously mixed reactor, see Fig. 5.15 [57]. Hence, zones exist where e.g. ethylene and nitrogen atoms are coadsorbed on the noble... 

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