Redox Behavior of Fe‐Mo‐O Catalysts Studied by Ultrarapid In Situ Diffraction

Simon D. M. Jacques, Olivier Leynaud, D. Strusevich, Andrew M. Beale, Gopinathan Sankar, C. Martin, P. Barnes

Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2005 · 36 citations · 22 references

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Abstract

Hot air in a hurry: An industrial Fe-Mo-O catalyst, used in the production of formaldehyde has been studied under redox conditions using rapid in situ powder diffraction studies (see contour image). Surprisingly, the oxidation step is fastest as it is completed within 15 s at 472 °C.

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