Mobility of chromium in inorganic oxides: Spectroscopic fingerprinting of oxidation states and coordination environments

  • Bert M. Weckhuysen*
  • , Bart Schoofs
  • , Robert A. Schoonheydt
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The mobility of Crn+ in inorganic oxides has been investigated by combined diffuse reflectance (DR)-EPR spectroscopies as a function of the Cr oxidation state, the type of inorganic oxide (silica, alumina and mordenite) and the environmental conditions (hydrated and dehydrated state). Crn+ ions are mobile under hydrated and dehydrated conditions and Crn+ preferentially migrates from silica to alumina and, to a lesser extent, to mordenite, although only a small amount of migration of Crn+ is observed from alumina to mordenite and vice versa. The observed preference sequences are discussed in relation to the properties of the inorganic oxides.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2117-2120
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of the Chemical Society - Faraday Transactions
Volume93
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 7 Jun 1997
Externally publishedYes

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