Hydrogenation of Ethylene on Metallic Catalysts
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Astin, Director Hydrogenation of Ethylene on Metallic Catalysts Juro Horiuti* and Koshiro Miyahara* Hokkaido University Sapporo, Japan *Prepared under contract at the Hokaido University Sapporo, Japan NSRDS NSRDS-NBS 13 National Standard Reference Data Series- National Bureau of Standards 13 (Category 6 — Chemical Kinetics) Issued For Sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 20402 — Price $1.00 NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS JUN 9 1970 Od ICO 1 , 6^5 73 no 13 17^8 CLO+>' ^ Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 67-60071 Foreword The National Standard Reference Data System is a Government-wide effort to provide for the technical community of the United States effective access to the quantitative data of physical science, critically evaluated and compiled for convenience, and readily accessible through a variety of distribution channels. 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Rate equations in terms of k(s) 43 4. Reaction kinetics of catalyzed hydrogenation 13 12.5. Steady state of catalyzed hydrogenation 43 5. Reactions associated with the catalyzed hydrogenation... 17 12.6. Rates of reaction associated with the catalyzed 5.1. Experimental methods 18 hydrogenation 46 5.2. Modern observations 20 13. Estimate of A(s)’s 48 6. Isotopic effect on hydrogenation rate 25 13.1. Estimate of A(I a ) 48 7. Supported catalysts 27 13.2. Estimate of A(I b) 49 8. Carbided catalysts 30 13.3. Estimates of Ar(II) and A(III) 49 9. Reaction mechanisms 32 13.4. Rates based on the estimated A(s)’s 50 . 9.1. Dissociative mechanism 32 14. Application of the theory of the associative mechanism. 53 9.2. Associative mechanism 32 14.1. Switchover in the rate-determining step 53 9.3. Twigg and Rideal’s mechanism 34 14.2. Activation heat of hydrogen exchange 53 9.4. Jenkins and Rideal’s mechanism 35 14.3. Retardation of parahydrogen conversion and ‘H 2— 2 9.5. Redistribution mechanism 36 equilibration by the presence of ethylene 54 9.6. Adsorbed state of intermediates 36 14.4. The relation between equilibrium fraction, u, and 12.1. 10. Current theoretical treatments 36 deuterium atom fraction, xH , of hydrogen 55 10.1. Outline 36 14.5. Changes in VA ’s with temperature and partial pres- 10.2. Critical review of current treatment 38 sures of reactants 56 11. Statistical mechanical formulation of rates 39 14.6. “Random distribution” of deuterium in ethylene and 11.1. Outline 39 ethane in the deuteration of light ethylene 57 11.2. Function a, 40 14.7. Isotopic effect on hydrogenation rate 58 12. Statistical mechanical formulation of the associative 15. Application of the theory of absolute rates 59 mechanism 41 16. Concluding remark 61 Formulation of k(s) 41 17. References 61 V Hydrogenation of Ethylene on Metallic Catalysts Juro Horiuti and Koshiro Miyahara Reaction rate data for the catalyzed hydrogenation of ethylene, primarily in the presence of un- supported metallic catalysts, are cirtically reviewed. Reaction mechanisms are discussed in detail, and a statistical mechanical treatment of the reaction is given, according to the generalized theory of reaction starting from the well-known procedure of Glasstone, Laidler, and Eyring. Data for single- element catalysts and alloys are included and interpreted, as are~~data illustrating differences due to the physical form of the catalyst (film, foil, wire, powder, and some supported systems). Problems are discussed concerning reproducibility of experimental results over repeated runs, and as a function of catalyst pretreatment. The data is analyzed in 29 graphs and 29 tables, some of which are very extensive. The bibliography includes 141 references. Key Words: Critical data, ethylene, hydrogenation, metallic catalysts, reaction mechanisms, reaction rates. 1. Introduction The catalyzed hydrogenation of ethylene in the The character of catalyzed hydrogenation depends presence of metallic catalysts, especially nickel, further on the form and condition of the catalyst, has been a subject of intensive investigations, as i.e., differs for evaporated films, powders, wires, a prototype of catalyzed hydrogenations of the sort, and plates or catalyst supported on some dispersed since its discovery by Sabatier and Senderens [l]. 1 medium, e.g., alumina or silica gel. For instance, The catalyzed hydrogenation was found to be ethylene is polymerized over nickel catalyst sup- associated with parahydrogen conversion [2], which ported on kieselguhr but not over unsupported turned out to be a useful profile of the reaction. nickel powder. Moreover, some alloy catalysts are In 1932 deuterium appeared as a powerful tool for considerably more active than either of their revealing further profiles of the reaction. These components.