Oxidative dehydrogenation of 1 -butene to butadiene on α-Fe2O3/ZnAl2O4 and ZnFexAl2-xO4 catalysts

J. A. Toledo, M. A. Valenzuela, H. Armendáriz, G. Aguilar-Ríos, B. Zapata, A. Montoya, N. Nava, P. Salas, I. Schifter

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Abstract

The oxidative dehydrogenation of 1-butene to butadiene was studied over a series of catalysts of iron impregnated on ZnAl2O4 used as a support and also Fe coprecipitated with zinc and aluminum in order to obtain ZnFexAl2-xO4 type catalysts. Results were compared with bulk α-Fe2O3, ZnAl2O4 and ZnFe2O4. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Mössbauer spectroscopy suggest that in the impregnated catalysts, Fe ions are in strong interaction with the support. These samples have higher butadiene selectivity than coprecipitated ZnFexAl2-xO4 catalysts, in which iron is incorporated into the ZnAl2O4 spinel network. Results suggest also that iron content has a greater effect on butadiene selectivity than the zinc aluminate-iron oxide interaction.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)279-288
Number of pages10
JournalCatalysis Letters
Volume30
Issue number1-4
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 1994
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Mössbauer spectroscopy
  • XRD
  • ZnAlO spinel structure
  • oxidative dehydrogenation
  • oxide supported catalysts
  • α-FeO

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