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Synthesis and characterization of Fe doped mesoporous Al2O3 by sol–gel method and its use in trichloroethylene combustion

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Two mesoporous alumina samples were synthesized using the sol–gel method, and these samples were tested as catalysts in trichloroethylene combustion reaction. One alumina sample was doped with Fe to study the influence of a small amount of this agent on the characteristics and properties of alumina as a catalyst. Both catalysts (pure alumina and alumina doped with Fe) were thoroughly characterized by different techniques, such as DTA/TGA, FT-IR, XRD, SEM and TEM, and the porous characterization was conducted using a N2 physisorption technique. The doping agent presented a particular influence on the morphology and textural porosity in the alumina catalyst and therefore, it exhibited different catalytic behavior than the pure alumina catalyst. For both catalysts, the crystalline phase of γ-alumina was reported using XRD technique, and the crystallite size ranged from 7.8 to 12.8 nm. Using TEM images, the alumina catalyst doped with Fe revealed to contain a mixture of three types of iron oxide (maghemite, magnetite and hematite), mainly as roughly spherical nanoparticles. For both alumina catalysts, trichloroethylene catalytic combustion was conducted on a packed bed reactor in air at a temperature range of 50 to 600 °C. The alumina catalyst doped with Fe showed a higher catalytic activity than pure alumina, mainly due to the presence of micropores and grain morphology of flat faces.

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This work was financing by CONACYT 58311, PROMEP/103.5/09/1306 P/CA UANL CA-49, PAICyT UANL 1050-05 and 1249-06.

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  1. Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Av. Universidad s/n, Cd. Universitaria, C.P. 64450, San Nicolás de los Garza, NL, México

    Carlos J. Lucio-Ortiz, Javier Rivera De la Rosa, Aracely Hernandez Ramirez & Lina M. De León-Covián

  2. Centro de Innovación, Investigación y Desarrollo en Ingeniería y Tecnología (CIIDIT), Km 10 de la nueva carretera al Aeropuerto Internacional de Monterrey, PIIT Monterrey, C.P. 66600, Apodaca, Nuevo León, Mexico

    Javier Rivera De la Rosa

  3. Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa, Mexico City, Mexico

    Jose A. De los Reyes Heredia

  4. Instituto Mexicano del Petróleo, Eje Central Lázaro Cárdenas 152, Mexico City, DF, Mexico

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  5. Cuerpo académico de Optoeletrónica y Fotónica, Facultad de Ciencias Físico Matemáticas, Benemerita Univesidad de Puebla, Puebla, Pue, Mèxico

    Severino Muñoz-Aguirre

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Lucio-Ortiz, C.J., De la Rosa, J.R., Ramirez, A.H. et al. Synthesis and characterization of Fe doped mesoporous Al2O3 by sol–gel method and its use in trichloroethylene combustion. J Sol-Gel Sci Technol 58, 374–384 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10971-011-2403-1

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