Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun.
1985, 50, 1268-1273
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc19851268
Effect of activation temperature on acidity of alumina, silica-alumina and cobalt-molybdenum-alumina catalysts
Zdeněk Vít
Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, 165 02 Prague 6-Suchdol
Abstract
The effect of surface dehydration on the acidity of silica-alumina and cobalt-molybdenum-alumina catalysts has been studied and compared with alumina. The catalysts were characterized by surface hydroxyl groups concentrations, acid sites concentrations and by catalytic activities in paraldehyde depolymerisation and cumene cracking. It was found that the acidity of alumina and cobalt-molybdenum-alumina catalysts increases significantly with surface dehydration and attains maximum after activation at 500-550 °C. Silica-alumina is strongly acidic even in the hydrated state, the acidity being formed already at relatively low temperature around 100 °C.
