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178 5 - HETEROGENEOUS CATALYSIS<br />

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Fig. 5.7. Catalytic activity of metals as a function of heat of adsorption of ethene <strong>an</strong>d hydrogen,<br />

respectively.<br />

Fig. 5.7) stimulated a long <strong>an</strong>d ongoing discussion of the problem - what is the<br />

relation between the catalytic activity <strong>an</strong>d the electronic structure of metals?<br />

It c<strong>an</strong> be concluded that the most active metals are those that show the lowest<br />

heats of adsorption, but which extensively adsorb both reaction components (note:<br />

metals like Cu, Ag, Zn, etc. do not do so <strong>an</strong>d are much less active th<strong>an</strong> those shown).<br />

Metals in the third <strong>to</strong> sixth group not only adsorb ethene dissociatively, but incontact

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