High activity ultrafine Ni‒Co‒B amorphous alloy powder for the hydrogenation of benzene

Huaiming Wang, Zhongbin Yu, Haiying Chen, Jun Yang, Jingfa Deng

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Abstract

An ultrafine amorphous Ni{single bond}Co{single bond}B alloy powder, prepared by chemical reduction, showed much higher catalytic activity than Raney nickel in the hydrogenation of benzene. The only product was cyclohexane. Its amorphous structure was verified by DSC, XRD and EXAFS. TEM was used to determine its morphology. The particle size was found to be about 10 nm. The chemical composition of the sample was Ni32.5Co31.7B35.8 as determined by ICP. XPS showed that the surface of the sample was nickel-rich.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)L143-L149
JournalApplied Catalysis A: General
Volume129
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 31 1995
Externally publishedYes

Funding

This work was supported by the National Natural Sciences Foundation P.R.

FundersFunder number
National Natural Sciences Foundation P.R.

    Keywords

    • Amorphous alloy
    • Hydrogenation
    • Nickel-cobalt-boron alloy
    • Ultrafine powder

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