Magnetization and Composition Studies of Alumina and Silica Sol-gel Encapsulated Co/Fe/Ru Catalysts in Micro-reactors for Conversion of Syngas to Higher Alkanes

Naidu V. Seetala, J. Leonard, V. S. Nagineni, S. Zhao, D. Kuila, J. Fang, U. Siriwardane
2004 Microscopy and Microanalysis  
Most heterogeneous catalysts are comprised of transition elements, which have incomplete delectron shell and unpaired electron spins. These features are responsible for their specific magnetic as well as their valuable catalytic properties [1,2]. Here we studied the magnetic characters of Co (12%), Fe (12%), and Ru (1%) encapsulated Al 2 O 3 or SiO 2 sol-gel deposited micro-reactors as deposited, reduced and exposed to the syn-gas (CO+H 2 ) using Vibrating Sample Magnetometer (VSM). SEM and EDX
more » ... are used to study the coating uniformity and elemental composition in order to optimize the sol-gel preparation and deposition processes.
doi:10.1017/s1431927604886161 fatcat:54if7ucwjraedm6yuwyvrv76fm