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10.2 <strong>Kinetics</strong> of heterogeneous reactions (surface reactions) 218<br />

10.2 <strong>Kinetics</strong> of heterogeneous reactions (surface reactions)<br />

I Examples for heterogeneous reactions (gas-solid interface): Many reactions,<br />

which are very slow in the gas phase, take place as heterogeneous reactions in the<br />

presence of a heterogeneous catalyst:<br />

• catalytic hydrogenation<br />

• NH 3 synthesis (Haber-Bosch)<br />

• catalytic exhaust gas treatment (internal combustion engines)<br />

• catalytic DeNO processes<br />

• CO oxidation<br />

• oxidative coupling reactions of CH 4 (oxide catalysts)<br />

• atmospheric reactions (at gas-solid and gas-liquid interface)<br />

10.2.1 Reaction steps in heterogeneous catalysis<br />

Heterogeneous reactions take place via a series of steps:<br />

• Diffusion in gas (or liquid) phase to catalyst surface.<br />

• Adsorption:<br />

<strong>—</strong> “physical” adsorption (“physisorption”),<br />

<strong>—</strong> “chemical” adsorption (“chemisorption”).<br />

• Diffusiononthesurface.<br />

• <strong>Chemical</strong> reaction on the surface.<br />

• Desorption.<br />

• Diffusion away from surface.<br />

10.2.2 Physisorption and chemisorption<br />

We distinguish between “physical” adsorption (“physisorption”) and “chemical” adsorption<br />

(“chemisorption”) on a surface based upon the adsorption energies (surface binding<br />

energies). ⇒ Fig. 10.3.<br />

• Physisorption:<br />

<strong>—</strong> van-der-Waals type interaction,<br />

<strong>—</strong> typical bond energy: ∆ ≤−40 kJ mol −1 ,

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