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Effect of Water on α‐Methylstyrene Hydrogenation on Pd/Al 2 O 3
Author(s) -
Meille Valérie,
De Bellefon Claude
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
the canadian journal of chemical engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1939-019X
pISSN - 0008-4034
DOI - 10.1002/cjce.5450820124
Subject(s) - reproducibility , catalysis , trace (psycholinguistics) , advice (programming) , work (physics) , chemistry , materials science , organic chemistry , computer science , thermodynamics , chromatography , physics , philosophy , linguistics , programming language
α‐methylstyrene catalytic hydrogenation on Pd/Al 2 O 3 is frequently used to characterize new reactors. However, whereas many authors report some problems of reproducibility or possible poisoning of the catalyst, no consistent advice is available in the literature to carry out the reaction without these problems. This work points out the inhibition of the reaction by trace amounts of water. An experimental procedure is explained to guarantee the reproducibility of the measures.