Catalytic Process Engineering Laboratory

Mid-Term Exam (February-June 2020)

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(1) Define catalysis and catalyst. How does a catalyst work?.

(2) Give, at least, six (6) differences between physorption and chemisorption. Why always
catalysis must be preceded by chemisorption?.
(3) Draw a scheme showing Brönsted and Lewis acid sites in an aluminosilicate material.
Why is important the degree of water on the surface of the solid.
(4) Give a brief explanation of the different methods to determine the concentration of both
Brönsted and Lewis acid sites.
(5) In your own words, explain the principles of any of the characterization technique seen
in class.
(6) McBain y Britton investigated the adsorption of nitrogen on activated carbon at -77°C
and found that samples of 0.0946 g of carbon adsorbed the following masses of nitrogen
at the indicated pressures:

Equilibrium Pressure (atm) 3.5 10.0 16.7 25.7 33.5 39.2 46.8
Mass of N2 adsorbed (g) 0.0119 0.0161 0.0181 0.0192 0.0195 0.0196 0.0199

The area which a single molecule of nitrogen would occupy is 16.2.10-20 m2. Determine
the surface area of the sample using the BET and Langmuir models. Take Po = 1 atm
 (7) Se prepararon 3 materiales mesoporosos, uno puro de óxido de silicio (Si-MCM-
41) y dos aluminosilicatos Al-MCM-41(40) y Al-MCM-41 (20), donde el número en
paréntesis representa la relación en mol Si/Al. Se presentan las diferentes
caracterizaciones que se realizaron y un estudio de acidez por TPD de NH 3

Fig 1. Patrón de difracción de los Fig 2. 29Si RMN de los materiales

Materiales preparados

Fig 3. Isotermas de adsorción- Fig. 4. 27Al RMN de los materiales

Desorción aluminosilicatos preparados
Figura 5. Curvas de TPD de NH3 para los materiales (A) Al-MCM (40) y (B) Al-MCM
(20) a diferentes temperaturas de evacuación

Haga un reporte con la discusión de los diferentes resultados obtenidos para los 3
materiales.