Guo Xianji, Wang Wenxiang, Li Fan, et al. WATER-SOLUBILITY AND CATALYTIC PROMOTION EFFECT OF POTASSIUM COMPONENT IN FUSED-IRON CATALYST FOR AMMONIA SYNTHESIS[J]. CIESC Journal, 1996, (5).
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Guo Xianji, Wang Wenxiang, Li Fan, et al. WATER-SOLUBILITY AND CATALYTIC PROMOTION EFFECT OF POTASSIUM COMPONENT IN FUSED-IRON CATALYST FOR AMMONIA SYNTHESIS[J]. CIESC Journal, 1996, (5).DOI:
WATER-SOLUBILITY AND CATALYTIC PROMOTION EFFECT OF POTASSIUM COMPONENT IN FUSED-IRON CATALYST FOR AMMONIA SYNTHESIS
The effects of water-soaking on properties of the fused-iron catalyst for ammonia synthesis were investigated.The results show that both the mechanical strength and catalytic activity of catalyst All0-5Q decline after water-soaking
while its specific surface area and the pore volume increase.Both the water-soluble potassium and water-insoluble potassium exist in the fused-iron catalyst
and usually the amount of the former is far more than that of the latter.Two kinds of potassium ferrites
KFeO_2 and K_1+_xFe_(ll)O_(17)(x= 0~1) were prepared and their leaching processes were investigated respectively.KFeO_2 can be readily hydrolyzed.In contrast to KFeO_2
potassium can not be resdily dissolved out from K_(1+x)Fe_(11)O_(17) by Water.It is suggested that KFeO_2 with KOH
KAIO_2
K_2CO_3
etc belongs to the water-soluble potassium
which occurs mainly on the bounderies of the crystal grains of Fe_3O_4
While K_(1+x)Fe_(ll)O_(l7)belongs to the water-insoluble potassium
which is uniformly distributed in the grains of Fe_3O_4.Both watersoluble potassium and water-insoluble potassium in the fused-iron catalyst promote the catalytic activity of ammonia synthesis
but the contribution of the former is less than that of the latter.