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348 PREPARATION OF SUPPORTED CATALYSTS<br />

0.15 1<br />

ABSORBANCE /A.U.<br />

+basic<br />

+ neutral<br />

-&-acidic<br />

Re, 0, / wt<br />

Fig. 9.8. The absorb<strong>an</strong>ces of the three different types of OH groups as a function of the Re207<br />

loading of R~@/y-A1203 catalysts.<br />

In the dried catalyst Re is mainly present as small (NH4)Re04 crystallites,<br />

which upon calcination spread over the alumina surface <strong>to</strong> form isolated Re04<br />

units, as has been established by Ram<strong>an</strong> spectroscopy. Studying the evolution of<br />

the alumina OH b<strong>an</strong>ds with IR, Fig. 9.8, shows that up <strong>to</strong> 3 wt.% Re207 the OH<br />

groups are not <strong>to</strong>o much affected, the ReO; ions presumably reacting with the<br />

C.U.S. A1 sites, leading <strong>to</strong> <strong>to</strong>tally inactive sites. With increasing Re207 loading, it is<br />

indeed the high-frequency b<strong>an</strong>d that is preferentially reacted away, thus verif-<br />

ying the above postulate.<br />

9.3.2.3 Supported Co(Ni)Mo hydrotreating catalysts<br />

Alumina-supported Co- <strong>an</strong>d Ni-promoted molybdenum sulphide hydrotreat-<br />

ing catalysts are the main workhorses in m<strong>an</strong>y refineries <strong>an</strong>d have, therefore,<br />

attracted a lot of attention from catalytic chemists. They are usually prepared via<br />

co-impregnation, i.e. pore-volume impregnation with both Mo <strong>an</strong>d the promoter<br />

a<strong>to</strong>m present in solution. After drying <strong>an</strong>d calcining, the catalyst m<strong>an</strong>ufacture is<br />

complete, but it has <strong>to</strong> be sulphided before use. Traditionally, this is done in situ<br />

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