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The formation of iron-cerium oxide catalysts by the treatment in hydrogen or carbon monoxide of air-dried precipitates has been monitored in situ by57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy. The results show that the initial calcination of the precipitates in air induces phase segregation and the formation of small concentrations of large particle α-iron(III) oxide in combination with cerium dioxide. Treatment of the solid in hydrogen at 450°C results in the facile reduction of α-Fe2O3 to metallic iron which is unaffected by exposure to a reactant gaseous mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen. Exposure of the biphasic material formed in air to carbon monoxide at similar temperatures induces the reduction of α-Fe2O3 to Fe3O4 and metallic iron and the subsequent formation of iron carbide. The carbided catalyst is not changed by exposure to a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen.
In distinct contrast the cerium orthoferrite of composition CeFeO3 suffers only slight reduction when treated in hydrogen and shows a very limited amenability to carbide formation when treated in carbon monoxide.
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Berry, F.J., Jobsen, S. & Jones, S.L. An in situ iron-57 Mössbauer spectroscopic investigation of the reduction of ironcerium oxide catalysts in different gaseous reducing agents. Hyperfine Interact 46, 613–618 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02398250
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