Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Ballroom B (Lawrence Convention Center)
The catalytic semi-hydrogenation of acetylene to produce ethylene is a common method for the removal of trace acetylene in ethylene streams. Ni-Zn catalysts which serve as potential replacements of Pd-Ag suffer from increased oligomerization compared to Pd-Ag under comparable conditions, although the addition of Zn to Ni reduces oligomerization selectivity.
Extended Abstracts:
- Spanjers NiZn NAM Pittsburgh abstract -- FINAL.pdf (293.4KB) - Extended Abstract