Va. Sadykov et al., REACTIVITY AND TRANSFORMATION ROUTES OF SURFACE NITRATES IN THE REACTION OF NOX REDUCTION BY C3H8 OVER CATION-EXCHANGED ZEOLITES, Reaction kinetics and catalysis letters, 65(1), 1998, pp. 113-119
FTIRS combined with N-15 and O-18 isotope substitution and TPD have re
vealed that nitrates are the most abundant ad-NOx species on over-exch
anged Cu- and Co-ZSM-5 zeolites. The transformation rates of such spec
ies under the action of a propane - oxygen mixture were found to be co
mparable and sufficiently high to afford steady-state catalytic activi
ties. A scheme of the reaction mechanism including C, N -containing in
termediates detected in this work is suggested.