Non-isothermal kinetic characterisation of a gas–solid reaction by TG analysis

Autor: ZELJKO CUPIC, DUSAN JOVANOVIC, JUGOSLAV KRSTIC, NIKOLA VUKELIC, ZORAN NEDIC
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2005
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Zdroj: Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society, Vol 70, Iss 11, Pp 1301-1311 (2005)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0352-5139
Popis: A series of silica-supported Ni-catalyst precursors was synthesized, with different SiO2/Nimole ratios between 0.2 and 1.15. The reduction of all the prepared samples was studied by thermogravimetry (TG) in a hydrogen flow. The results of the TG analysis were analyzed by the multi-thermal history model-fitting method, with non-linear regression. The activation energies for the reduction of each sample were determined. The statistical F-test was performed to discriminate between various models. It was found that increasing the SiO2/Ni mole ratio leads to a change in the reaction mechanism of the nickel reduction, resulting finally in a change from second order reaction kinetics to three halves order reaction kinetics.
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