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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 279-288 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Catalysis Letters |
Volume | 30 |
Issue number | 1-4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 1994 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Mössbauer spectroscopy
- XRD
- ZnAlO spinel structure
- oxidative dehydrogenation
- oxide supported catalysts
- α-FeO