Gy. Popova et al., INFLUENCE OF H3PMO12O40 SIO2 THERMAL-TREATMENT ON ADSORBED FORMS OF FORMALDEHYDE AND FORMIC-ACID/, Reaction kinetics and catalysis letters, 62(1), 1997, pp. 97-103
Effect of the H3PMo12O40/SiO2 (P-Mo-HPA) thermal treatment on adsorbed
forms of HCOOH and H2CO has been studied by IR spectroscopy. On the s
ample pretreated at 150 degrees C, HCOOH adsorbed mainly as hydrogen-b
onded complexes. The HPA calcination at 350 degrees C resulted in the
formation of surface formates along with hydrogen-bonded complexes. Th
is proves the formation of coordinatively unsaturated surface cations
(Lewis acid sites) during HPA dehydration. Alteration of the surface c
omposition due to dehydration was found to have a major influence on t
he H2CO adsorbed forms.