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Measurements of the heat of adsorption of hydrogen on Ir/Al2O3 catalysts of different metal particle size were made by employing adsorption microcalorimetry. The values of this quantity were different for each sample and the results also indicated the heterogeneity of the iridium surface. In contrast to this, the heat of adsorption of oxygen measured on the same samples in the same manner was practically the same for all of them. The heat of oxygen adsorption as presented in the differential calorimetric isotherms was constant up to half the monolayer coverage for all the samples. This result is unexpected and in contradiction to the presence of surface heterogeneity in the iridium crystallites, as revealed by hydrogen adsorption. To clarify these anomalies the energetics of oxygen adsorption was determined using a different method. Titration experiments with hydrogen of preadsorbed oxygen were carried out. The heat of adsorption of oxygen was calculated from these results by means of adopting a thermochemical cycle. The values of heat of adsorption obtained as a function of the amount adsorbed unveiled the heterogeneity of the iridium surface. The differences found between the samples can be correlated to both the different particle size and degree of sintering of the samples.
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Guil, J.M., Herrero García, J.E., Ruiz Paniego, A. et al. Gas/Surface Titration Microcalorimetry. Energetics of Oxygen Adsorption on Supported Iridium Catalysts. Topics in Catalysis 19, 313–321 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1015340929427
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