CHAINGROWTH IN FISCHER-TROPSCH CATALYSIS, AS OBSERVED WITH TRANSIENT-KINETIC METHODS

Abstract

An abrupt change in the reaction ambient from ¹²CO/H₂ to ¹³CO/H₂ leads to a gradual ingrowth of ¹³C in hydrocarbon chains. From the rate of ¹³C ingrowth we calculate C—C bonds to form on a time scale varying from ≤1 s (ruthenium) to ≥10s (cobalt).

KEYWORDS:

• reaction rates
• relaxation methods
• transient kinetics
• Fischer-Tropsch
• chaingrowth
• cobalt catalysis

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