Unraveling the Monomolecular Protolytic Cracking of Light Alkanes By IR Operando Spectroscopy

Kadam, Shashikant

Monday, June 15, 2015

Ballroom B (Lawrence Convention Center)

Shashikant Kadam¹, Haoguang Li¹, Alexandre Vimont¹, Richard Wormsbecher^1,2,3 and Arnaud Travert¹, (1)Laboratoire Catalyse et Spectrochimie, ENSICAEN-University de Caen-CNRS, France, (2)W.R. Grace & Co Conn, USA, (3)University of Maryland, USA.

The intrinsic reaction parameters governing the changes in protolytic cracking of alkanes over zeolites have remained unclear for long and have been much debated. Here, they are straightforwardly determined using IR operando spectroscopy.

Extended Abstracts:

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P-Mo-B-148 Unraveling the Monomolecular Protolytic Cracking of Light Alkanes By IR Operando Spectroscopy