P-Tu-79 Nanostructured NiZn: A Robust Heterogeneous Catalyst for Selective Hydrogenation of Alkyne in Presence of Alkene

Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Ontario Exhibit Hall (Detroit Marriott Hotel at the Renaissance Center )
Subhra Jana, Department of Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA and Robert M. Rioux, Chemical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
A new colloid-based method was developed to synthesize intermetallic Ni-Zn nanoparticles which are selective catalysts for the hydrogenation of acetylene in presence of excess ethylene.

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