The possibility of implementation of spent iron catalyst for ammonia synthesis

Ewa Ekiert; Rafał Pelka; Krzysztof Lubkowski; Walerian Arabczyk

doi:10.2478/v10026-009-0008-z

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The possibility of implementation of spent iron catalyst for ammonia synthesis

Green Sciences

Volume 11 (2009): Issue 1 (March 2009)

By: Ewa Ekiert, Rafał Pelka, Krzysztof Lubkowski and Walerian Arabczyk

Open Access

|Apr 2009

Abstract

An iron catalyst used in the ammonia synthesis is pyrophoric in its reactive, reduced form. Before further use the catalyst has to be passivated. Results of the research on the iron catalyst - its passivation, re-use as a catalyst in other processes and implementation as a substrate to obtain new nanocrystalline materials have been presented in the paper.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10026-009-0008-z | Journal eISSN: 3072-0389

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Language: English

Page range: 28 - 33

Published on: Apr 6, 2009

Published by: West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin

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Keywords:

spent iron catalyst,

passivation,

carburization

Related subjects:

Industrial chemistry,

Biotechnology,

Chemical engineering,

Process engineering

© 2009 Ewa Ekiert, Rafał Pelka, Krzysztof Lubkowski, Walerian Arabczyk, published by West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin
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Volume 11 (2009): Issue 1 (March 2009)