Heterogeneous Catalytic Oxidation of Ammonia by Various Transition Metals.
J Chem Educ
; 96(10): 2266-2270, 2019 Oct 08.
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ABSTRACT
A well-known demonstration is adapted to simplify the illustration of heterogeneous catalytic oxidation of ammonia. Various metal catalyst wires are placed above the liquid level in a flask containing concentrated ammonia. After brief preheating, some metal wires continue to glow, providing visual evidence of an overall exothermic reaction taking place at the catalyst surface. Thermal heating by a butane flame prior to insertion and in situ resistive heating using a power supply yield identical results. Active catalysts are the group 9 and 10 elements Rh, Ir, Pd, and Pt. Besides the illustration of the Sabatier principle, the effect of the ammonia-to-oxygen ratio can also be visualized, and active metals vary in the production of a grayish smoke. These observations provide a starting point to discuss catalytic selectivity, a topic of great relevance to industrial catalytic oxidation of ammonia.
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J Chem Educ
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2019
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Holanda