Ey. Batyan et al., STRUCTURAL PHASE-TRANSFORMATIONS IN SILVER-CERAMIC SYSTEMS AND THEIR RELATION TO CATALYTIC PROPERTIES IN THE PROCESS OF METHANOL PARTIAL OXIDATION, Kinetics and catalysis, 36(6), 1995, pp. 816-820
The catalytic properties of silver-ceramic catalysts (6 wt % Ag) in me
thanol oxidation to formaldehyde are found to depend substantially on
the calcination temperature in air (900 - 1350 degrees C) and silicate
modulus of a support. The results of thermal-gravimetric, X-ray diffr
action, and electron-microscopic investigations allow one to conclude
that the observed character of these dependences is due to the differe
nces in the phase composition of the support, which affects the disper
sion of silver species.