Environmental/Chemicals - Thursday Morning

Synthesis and Characterization of Au/Al₂O₃-CeO₂ Catalysts Prepared by Deposition-Precipitation Method:  Use in the Catalytic Wet Air Oxidation of Gasoline Oxygenates

Gilberto Torres, Universidad Juarez Autonoma de Tabasco; Oscar Ramirez, Universidad Juarez Autonoma de Tabasco; Jose Guadalupe Pacheco, Universidad Juarez Autonoma de Tabasco; Ignacio Cuauhtemoc, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana; Gloria Alicia Del Angel, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana; Rodolfo Zanella, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Enhancement of 3-Way CNG Catalyst Performance at High Temperature Due to the Presence of Water in the Feed:  On the Role of Steam Reforming of Methane

Patrick Francois Da Costa Sr., UPMC Paris; Sandra Capela Sr., GDF SUEZ

Understanding the Chemistry Of NO_x Reduction in the FCC Regenerator by Lambda Sweep Test

Qi Fu, BASF Catalysis LLC; David M. Stockwell, BASF Catalysis LLC

Two-stage Catalytic Exhaust Treatment for Lean-Burn Natural Gas Engines

Burcu Mirkelamoglu, Ohio State University; Meimei Liu, Ohio State University; Samuel D. Lentz, Ohio State University; Umit S. Ozkan, Ohio State University

Influence of the State of Pd on Methane Combustion in Pd-doped LaFeO₃ Perovskites

Arnim Eyssler, Empa; Davide Ferri, Empa; Anke Weidenkaff, Empa

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Zirconocene(II)-catalyzed Linear Dimerization of Terminal Alkynes

Jiri Pinkas, J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry of ASCR, v.v.i.; Karel Mach, J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry of ASCR, v.v.i.; Michal Horacek, J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry of ASCR, v.v.i.

1-Butene/Isobutane Alkylation Catalyzed by Binary Mixtures of Ionic Liquid and Mineral Acid

Shengwei Tang, University of Kansas; Aaron Scurto, University of Kansas; Christopher Lyon, University of Kansas; Bala Subramaniam, University of Kansas

Zeolite ITQ-22 as a Multipurpose Alkylation Catalyst

Cristina Martinez, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia; Avelino Corma, Instituto de Tecnología Química; Francisco Llopis, Universidad de Valencia; Fernando Rey, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia; Susana Valencia, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia

Relating Pentane Isomerization Activity to the Acidic Properties and Surface Density of WO_x/ZrO₂

Nikolaos Soultanidis, Rice University; Antonis Psarras, Aristotle University; Charles A. Roberts, Lehigh University; Israel E. Wachs, Lehigh University; Michael S. Wong, Rice University

Effects of Thermal Treatment on the Phase Composition and Performance of VMoNbTe(Sb)O_x Catalysts for the Selective Oxidation of Propane to Acrylic Acid

K. Wang, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company; W. Mortier, ExxonMobil Process Research; J. Vartuli, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company; R. Nielson, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company; J. Dakka, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company; A.-J. Bons, ExxonMobil Chemical Company; A. Winesett, ExxonMobil Chemical Company