Novel synthesis techniques for preparation of ultrahigh-crystalline vanadyl pyrophosphate as a highly selective catalyst for n-butane oxidation

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2135-2143

  Rownaghi, Ali Asghar ^a   Taufiq Yap, Yun Hin ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

1-BUTANOL; 1-PROPANOL; ALIPHATIC ALCOHOL; BRUNAUER-EMMETT-TELLER SURFACE AREAS; CARBON CHAINS; CATALYST PRECURSORS; CATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; COMMERCIAL CATALYST; CONVENTIONAL CATALYST; CRYSTAL SIZE; CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURES; N-BUTANE OXIDATION; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; POWDER X RAY DIFFRACTION; REACTION CONDITIONS; REACTION TEMPERATURE; SELECTIVE CATALYSTS; SELECTIVE OXIDATION OF N-BUTANE; SEM; SHORT REACTION TIME; SOLVOTHERMAL; SOLVOTHERMAL CONDITIONS; SOLVOTHERMAL PREPARATION; SOLVOTHERMAL PROCESS; SURFACE AREA; SYNTHESIS TECHNIQUES; TEMPERATURE-PROGRAMMED REDUCTION; VANADIUM PHOSPHATES; VANADYL HYDROGEN PHOSPHATE HEMIHYDRATE; VANADYL PYROPHOSPHATE;

BUTANE; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CRYSTAL IMPURITIES; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLITE SIZE; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; MALEIC ANHYDRIDE; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; ORGANIC POLYMERS; OXIDATION; REACTION KINETICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; VANADIUM; VANADIUM COMPOUNDS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

EID: 77749337504     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie902011a     Document Type: Article

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