Rongsheng Li, Jingfeng Chen, Hua Yang
Sep 1, 1993
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Catalysis Letters
Abstract
The ammonium sulfate-iron oxide system treated at different temperatures has been characterized by ESR, IR and Mössbauer spectroscopy. Results show that during the heat treatment some interaction between ammonium sulfate and iron oxide takes place. As a result of this interaction a surface sulfato complex of iron is formed. The complex is involved in the sites responsible for activity for acid catalytic esterification. Above 573 K, the sulfato complex will gradually decompose with a further increase in temperature. A new structure scheme of the sulfato complex is proposed.