J. Jayasree et Cs. Narayanan, INFLUENCE OF PREPARATION METHOD ON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF ALUMINA-YTTRIA CATALYSTS, Materials research bulletin, 30(5), 1995, pp. 637-644
Alumina-Yttria (1:1) was prepared from nitrate by coprecipitation with
aqueous NH3 and urea. The structure, thermal stability and surface pr
operties of the catalysts were determined by XRD, DTA, XPS and IR meas
urements. Method of precipitation does not affect the valence state of
the component atoms and the samples were found to be amorphous. Morph
ological studies by SEM indicated a uniform nature for urea precipitat
ed catalyst and the catalyst had low surface area. An acidity maximum
was observed for catalyst NH3. Catalyst prepared by urea precipitation
showed more basicity and maximum activity for (+)-limonene oxide and
3-carene oxide isomerization.