Abstract
Kinetics of hydrogen peroxide decomposition over Pd/SiO2 catalyst was investigated as part of a larger project to determine the overall kinetics of hydrogen peroxide formation by Pd/SiO2 catalyzed direct combination of hydrogen and oxygen. A Pd oxidative/reductive cycle mechanism for the decomposition of H2O2 over Pd/ SiO2 was proposed. A Rideal-Eley rate expression based on this mechanism was shown to accurately correlate experimental data over a wide range of H2O 2 concentration and temperature. This rate equation was shown to also apply in the presence of stabilizing concentrations of H2SO 4.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 8119-8125 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue number | 21 |
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| State | Published - 5 Nov 2008 |