Reactivation of an aged commercial three-way catalyst by oxalic and citric acid washing

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2030-2036

  Christou, Stavroula Y ^a   Birgersson, Henrik ^b   Fierro, José L G ^c   Efstathiou, Angelos M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c INSTITUTO DE CATÁLISIS Y PETROLEOQUÍMICA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); INORGANIC ACIDS; OPTIMIZATION; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CITRIC ACID; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY (ICP AES); OXALIC ACID; THREE WAY CATALYSTS (TWC);

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

CALCIUM; CITRIC ACID; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; NICKEL; OXALIC ACID; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SILICON; SULFUR; ZINC;

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); INORGANIC ACIDS; OPTIMIZATION; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CATALYSIS;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DILUTION; FLOW RATE; MEASUREMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CATALYSIS; CITRIC ACID; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LEAD; METALS; OXALIC ACID; OXYGEN; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SULFUR; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33645220203     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es052310t     Document Type: Article

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