Preparation and Use of a Room-Temperature Catalytic Converter

• Gareth Wong ^[1] ; Bernard Mark ^[1] ; Xijia Chen ^[1] ; Toran Furch ^[1] ; Karen. A. Singmaster ^[1] ; Paul S. Wagenknecht ^[1]
  1. [1] San Jose State University

     San Jose State University

     Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Journal of chemical education, ISSN 0021-9584, Vol. 78, Nº 12, 2001, pág. 1667
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • A solid-state catalyst that effectively converts a CO/air mixture to CO2 at room temperature is readily prepared. The catalyst, which is composed of metallic gold on iron(III) oxide, is loaded into a simple flow cell to test its catalytic activity. Mixtures of CO and air are run through the catalyst and subsequently analyzed by gas-phase infrared spectroscopy to determine the effectiveness of the catalyst.