Ru/SiO2 AND CuRu/SiO2 PREPARED BY SOL-GEL: EFFECT OF pH AND WATER AMOUNT

Ru(1%)/SiO2 and Cu(1%)Ru(1%)/SiO2 catalysts were prepared by cogelation. The effect of pH and the amount of water on the physical-chemical properties and the catalytic properties of them were analyzed. The acid medium increased the formation of microporosity and the formation of small size of metall...

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Main Authors: Orellana,Fresia, Plaza De Los Reyes,Jorge, Urizar,Silvio
Language:English
Published: Sociedad Chilena de Química 2003
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-97072003000200006
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Summary:Ru(1%)/SiO2 and Cu(1%)Ru(1%)/SiO2 catalysts were prepared by cogelation. The effect of pH and the amount of water on the physical-chemical properties and the catalytic properties of them were analyzed. The acid medium increased the formation of microporosity and the formation of small size of metallic ruthenium particle. The variation of the water quantity used in the gelation not modify considerably the texture neither the dispersion of the noble metal. The reduction level of all prepared catalyst was similar, showing displacement in some of reduction peaks. The toluene hydrogenation indicated that the conversion and the quantity of hydrogenate product varied with the pH and the quantity of water used in the gelation. The addition of copper to Ru/SiO2 catalysts diminished the reactive conversion and their hydrogenant activity