Vv. Lunin et al., FORMATION AND DECOMPOSITION OF MOLYBDATE STRUCTURES IN HYDROPROTREATMENT CATALYSTS UNDER IRRADIATION BY A FAST-ELECTRON BEAM OF UP TO 2.0 MEV ENERGY, Kinetics and catalysis, 34(4), 1993, pp. 658-662
The structure of the Ni-Mo/Al2O3 catalysts irradiated by an intense fa
st-electrons beam of 1.2 MeV energy generated by a linear accelerator
is studied. The sequence of the radiation-thermal formation and decomp
osition of the surface and bulk Al-2(MoO4)(3) phases, xNiO . MoO3 . yH
(2)O solid solution, and alpha- and beta-NiMoO4 modifications in the e
lectron-beam radiation field is analyzed.