2011-11-21

Talking to surfaces… and understanding their answers

During operation the platinum based gauze catalysts undergo a massive reconstruction of their surface morphology accompanied by metal and activity losses. The analysis of the used gauzes reveals what happened during operation and enables Umicore to determine the optimum balance between catalyst performance and requirements of the individual operating conditions of a particular plant.

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2011-02-21

The Ostwald Process

This year’s newsletters regarding nitric acid and hydrogen cyanide manufacturing will all deal with questions around the topic of catalyst gauzes and their specifics during catalytic ammonia oxidation, such as optimisation of efficiency, structure and material, recrystallisation and PGM losses. Today we start with explanations on the Ostwald Process.

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