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The Role of Gel Processing in The Preparation of Catalyst Supports

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

J.A. Cairns
Affiliation:
Chemistry Division, AERE Harwell, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OXll ORA, England.
D.L. Segal
Affiliation:
Chemistry Division, AERE Harwell, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OXll ORA, England.
J.L. Woodhead
Affiliation:
Chemistry Division, AERE Harwell, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OXll ORA, England.
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Abstract

Catalyst supports are required to meet a wide range of objectives, including chemical purity and composition, optimised surface area/porosity and thermal stability. Gel processing offers means by which many of these requirements can be achieved. In addition, the use of sols of controlled rheology allows the support material to be prepared in a form which facilitates its application to substrates (including metals) as a coating, thereby greatly improving its versatility for producing novel catalysts. The preparation of typical support materials will be discussed, together with examples of their use in catalysis.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1984

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