Methanol Synthesis Catalysts from Thorium-Copper Intermetallics. Preparation and Evaluation

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• Personal Author:
  Atkinson, Gary B. ; Baglin, Elizabeth G. ; Nicks, Larry J.
• Description:
  Bureau of Mines research into the use of intermetallic compounds as catalytic materials has shown catalysts prepared from binary alloys of copper and thorium to be active for the synthesis of methanol from carbon monoxide and hydrogen. Activation of the alloys resulted in oxidation of the thorium yielding high surface area catalysts containing copper interspersed on thoria. For example, catalysts prepared from thcux alloys by air oxidation at 400 deg. C had surface areas as high as 35 m2/g and produced up to 6.7 Times as much methanol as a traditional cu/zno/al2o3 catalyst from 16 h2:co synthesis gas in a continuous-flow microreactor at 280 deg c and 60 atm pressure. Standard inlet space velocity was 31,000 h-1. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  RERC - Reno Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  87-90
• Volume:
  20
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10006785
• Citation:
  I&ec Prod Res and Dev 1981 Mar; 20(1):87-90
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1981
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  I&ec Prod. Res. and Dev., V. 20, No. 1, March 1981, PP. 87-90
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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