Na-Melt Synthesis of Fine Ni3Si Powders as a Hydrogenation Catalyst.
Hiroshi ItaharaWiyanti F SimanullangNaoko TakahashiSatoru KosakaShinya FurukawaPublished in: Inorganic chemistry (2019)
Fine Ni3Si powders with high phase purity were successfully produced using a Na melt. The particle surface was less oxidized than that of metallurgically prepared Ni3Si. The Ni3Si catalyst exhibited much higher activities than Ni for the hydrogenation of various unsaturated hydrocarbons.