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Preparation and Use of a Room-Temperature Catalytic Converter

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Gareth Wong , Bernard Mark , Xijia Chen , Toran Furch , Karen. A. Singmaster and Paul S. Wagenknecht

Department of Chemistry, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA 95192-0101

J. Chem. Educ., 2001, 78 (12), p 1667

DOI: 10.1021/ed078p1667

Publication Date (Web): December 1, 2001

Abstract

A solid-state catalyst that effectively converts a CO/air mixture to CO₂ at room temperature is readily prepared. The catalyst, which is composed of metallic gold on iron(III) oxide, is loaded into a simple flow cell to test its catalytic activity. Mixtures of CO and air are run through the catalyst and subsequently analyzed by gas-phase infrared spectroscopy to determine the effectiveness of the catalyst.

Keywords (Audience):

Second-Year Undergraduate

Keywords (Domain):

Environmental Chemistry

Keywords (Pedagogy):

Hands-On Learning / Manipulatives

Keywords (Subject):

IR Spectroscopy

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