R. Hubaut et al., HDM OF THE VANADYL OCTAETHYLPORPHYRIN ON MOS2-BASED CATALYSTS - NATURE AND REPARTITION OF THE VANADIUM DEPOSIT, Reaction kinetics and catalysis letters, 51(1), 1993, pp. 9-17
Electron microprobe analyses are used for characterizing the repartiti
on of vanadium deposited during the hydrodemetallation of vanadyl octa
ethyl porphyrin on a classical Ni-MoS2-gamma-Al2O3 catalyst. It is fou
nd that a part of vanadium can displace Ni initially interacting with
the MoS2 platelets (Ni MoS phase) and another part is forming a crown
as vanadium sulfide around the catalyst particle. The displaced nickel
also formed large nickel sulfide crystallites.