Preparation of catalyst

The details of the manufacturing process for a given catalyst is a buisness secret of the catalyst manufacturer and only the broad principles are available in the open literature. 

The secrecy of the manufacturing processes is maintained partially by discouraging outside investigators through patent protection. However, the most important aspect of the protection is probably that examination of the finished catalyst offers little information on how it was prepared and no information on why a particular preparation procedure was used. 

For a catalyst the desired properties are high and stable activity high and stable selectivity controlled surface area and porosity good resistance to poisons 

Once a catalyst system has been identified, the parameters in the manufacture of the 

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Catalysis. Ion implantation and sputtering in general are useful methods for preparing catalysts on metal and insulator substrates. This has been demonstrated for reactions at gas—soHd and Hquid—soHd interfaces. Ion implantation should be considered in cases where good adhesion of the active metal to the substrate is needed or production of novel materials with catalytic properties different from either the substrate or the pure active metal is wanted (129—131). Ion beam mixing of deposited films also promises interesting prospects for the preparation of catalysts (132). 

There are, however, continuing difficulties for catalytic appHcations of ion implantation. One is possible corrosion of the substrate of the implanted or sputtered active layer this is the main factor in the long-term stabiHty of the catalyst. Ion implanted metals may be buried below the surface layer of the substrate and hence show no activity. Preparation of catalysts with high surface areas present problems for ion beam techniques. Although it is apparent that ion implantation is not suitable for the production of catalysts in a porous form, the results indicate its strong potential for the production and study of catalytic surfaces that caimot be fabricated by more conventional methods. 

Other uses include use as a reaction and extraction solvent in pharmaceutical production as an intermediate for the preparation of catalysts, antioxidants (qv), and perfumes and as a feedstock in the production of methyl isopropenyl ketone, 2,3-butanedione, and methyl ethyl ketone peroxide. Concern has also arisen at the large volume of exported MEK which has been covertly diverted and used to process cocaine in Latin American countries... 

R. van Yperen and E. BoeUaard, 6th International Preparation Of Catalysts Symposium, Louviu-La-Neuve, Belgium, Sept. 5—8,1994. 

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Acid-Base Catalysis II, Sapporo, Japan, December 2-4,1993 edited by H. Hattori, M. Misono and Y. Ono Volume91 Preparation of Catalysts VI. Scientific Bases forthe Preparation of... 

Different results were obtained with different preparations of catalyst. 

Decompositions of crystalline mixed hydroxides to mixed oxides often occur at temperatures lower than those required to produce the same phases through the direct interaction of metal oxides. This route thus offers an attractive approach for the preparation of catalysts of high area and activity [1147]. Detailed kinetic investigations comparable with those for the dehydroxylations of a number of pure hydroxides (Sect. 2.1) are not, however, available. 

S. Tsubota, D.A.H. Cunningham, Y. Bando, and M. Haruta, Preparation of nanometer gold strongly interacted with Ti02 and the structure sensitivity in low-temperature oxidation of CO, in Preparation of catalysts VI, G. Ponchelet, ed. (1995), pp. 227-235. 

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The preparation of catalysts is a mixture of art and science, but most of all much experience. Although the underlying chemistry is largely known, many catalyst preparation recipes are so complicated that it is not possible to write a complete scheme of chemical reactions in detail. 

This work was supported by the U.S DOE, Basic Energy Science, Chemical Sciences, and GM Corporation. The NO, analyzer was donated by Ford Motor Company, and Rika Suzuki and Jason Brooks contributed to the preparation of catalysts... 

Margitfalvi M, Borbath 1, Tempos A (1998) In Delmon (ed) Preparation of Catalysts Vll. Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, p 195... 

Preparation of Catalysts with controlled Size, Shape and Structure... 

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