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Zirconium oxide samples prepared by a variety of methods were found to have surface areas from 7 to 226 m2/g and relative amounts of tetragonal to (tetragonal + monoclinic) phases from 0 to 100%. Methyl formate is converted to carbon monoxide and methanol on these samples at temperatures of 220–265 °C. All catalyst samples examined are stable at these temperatures for times-on-stream up to 3 h. Although the conversion varies with the relative amounts of tetragonal phase present and decreases with increase in the calcination temperature, a clear dependence on surface area is also observed. The conversion of methyl formate is found to be first order with activation energies of 80 (±10) kJ/mol. The data can be fitted to a Langmuir-Hinshelwood equation.
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Suzuki, K., Moffat, J.B. The low-temperature conversion of methyl formate on zirconium oxide. Catal Lett 21, 225–233 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00769474
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