Abstract

LOAIZA-GIL1, A et al. SÍNTESIS, CARACTERIZACIÓN Y PRUEBAS CATALÍTICAS DE FILOSILICATOS DE HIERRO EN LA SÍNTESIS DE ALCOHOLES SUPERIORES. Rev. LatinAm. Met. Mat. [online]. 2002, vol.22, n.2, pp.33-39. ISSN 0255-6952.

The modified ammonia method was used to prepare iron Phyllosilicates catalyst type. The temperature programmed reduction profiles studies (TPR) show at least two phases in such catalysts. One phase at lower temperature corresponding to one metal oxide or hydroxide and an iron Phyllosilicate phase at higher temperature (1054 °C). Such phases were observed by Fourier Transformed Infrared Spectroscopy (IRFT) and X-ray Diffraction (XRD). Studies by X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) indicated that the O/Si ratio between the part of the O1s peak not bonded to iron, and the Si2p peak is about 2.5 typical of Phyllosilicates. The activity and selectivity to the synthesis of higher alcohols of these catalysts was studied in a high pressure reaction system after a thermal reductive pretreatment at 450°C. The results indicated that the solids pretreated using a heating rate of 0.5°C/min kept an stable hydroxide surface under the reaction conditions and are very selective to the higher alcohols formation. In such conditions, the activity and selectivity is higher than for the high loading catalysts.