Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis: Temperature-Programmed EXAFS/XANES Characterization of the Impact of Cu and Alkali Promoters to Iron-Based Catalysts on the Carbide Formation Rate

Advances in Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis, Catalysts, and Catalysis

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 119-146

  Jacobs, Gary ^a   Sarkar, Amitava ^b   Davis, Burtron H ^a   Cronauer, Donald ^c   Kropf, A Jeremy ^c   Marshall, Christopher L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b Imperial Oil Ltd Resources Limited   (Canada)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1201/9781420062571-11     Document Type: Chapter

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