Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2009, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (9): 859-863.

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Catalytic Performance of Re/Ga2O3/WO3/ZrO2 Catalyst for n-Hexane Isomeri-zation

CHEN Chao, QIN Lizhen, CHEN Xiaorong, CHEN Changlin*   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Technology, Nanjing 210009, Jiangsu, China
  • Received:2009-09-25 Online:2009-09-25 Published:2009-09-25

Abstract: The Re/Ga2O3/WO3/ZrO2 (Re/GWZ) catalysts presented higher activity in n-hexane isomerization than the Re/WO3/ZrO2 (Re/WZ) and Ga2O3/WO3/ZrO2 (GWZ) catalysts. In addition, Re/Ga2O3/WO3/ZrO2 has higher selectivity for 2,2-dimethylbutane.

Key words: rhenium, gallium oxide, tungsten oxide, zirconia, n-hexane, isomerization