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Magnetic And Mössbauer Study Of Metal‐Zeolite Interaction In Catalysts, Thomas Pannaparayil, M. Oskooie-Tabrizi, C. Lo, L. N. Mulay, G. A. Melson, V. U. S. Rao

Chemistry Publications

Molecular sieve aluminosilicates, such as ZSM‐5 and mordenite, when impregnated with highly dispersed Fe, yield catalysts for the selective conversion of coal‐derived syngas (CO+H₂) to liquid hydrocarbon fuels. Fe performs the primary Fischer‐Tropsch (FT) syngas to yield light olefins which are converted by the acidic (H⁺) and shape‐selective function of the zeolite to high octane gasoline components. The physical aspects of the Fe‐mordenite interaction studied by magnetic measurements, Mössbauer, and IR spectroscopy are reported and correlations with the catalytic properties are drawn. Mordenite samples with [SiO₂/Al₂O₃] ratio in the range …