Surface hydrophobicity and acidity effect on alumina catalyst in catalytic methanol dehydration reaction.
Ahmed I OsmanJehad K Abu-DahriehDavid W RooneyJillian ThompsonSamih A HalawyMohamed A MohamedPublished in: Journal of chemical technology and biotechnology (Oxford, Oxfordshire : 1986) (2017)
The addition of copper to the support improved the catalyst properties and activity. For all the copper modified catalysts, the optimum catalyst with high degree of activity and stability was 6% copper loaded on gamma alumina. © 2017 The Authors. Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Society of Chemical Industry.