THE CRYSTALLITE SIZE OF α-IRON IN THE PRESENCE OF K2O IN THE DOUBLY PROMOTED AMMONIA SYNTHESIS IRON CATALYSTS

Yoshihiko Sasa, Masayuki Uda, Isamu Toyoshima

Chemistry Letters · 1982 · 15 citations · 5 references

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Abstract Besides the effect of electronic factor of K2O in the doubly promoted ammonia synthesis iron catalysts, K2O shows an another function to control a crystallite size of α-iron which is formed by reduction of the catalysts with hydrogen.

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