ISSN:
0930-7516
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Industrial Chemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
Notes:
The chlorination of an alumina with BET surface area of 100 m2/g has been studied in situ by transmission IR measurements at about 670 K. The chlorinating gases consisting of Cl2 and CO were employed individually and in equimolar proportion. The IR results do not reveal the presence of a phosgene surface species which could support the only mechanism proposed so far to explain the chlorination. A detailed alternative reaction mechanism is suggested for the high temperature chlorination reaction, taking into account the IR results, together with the known electron donor-acceptor properties of the activated alumina and the reaction gases: Cl2 molecules accept electrons from oxide ions with a lower coordination number on the alumina surface, leading to the formation of Cl-and Oad. While Cl- yields AlCl3, Oad reacts further with CO producing CO2.
Additional Material:
4 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ceat.270120106
