Changes in Ion Exchanger Catalysts after Extremely Long Exposition to the Reactor Environment

0388731 - ÚCHP 2013 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
Jeřábek, Karel - Hanková, Libuše - Holub, Ladislav - Slavík, H.
Changes in Ion Exchanger Catalysts after Extremely Long Exposition to the Reactor Environment.
Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research. Roč. 52, č. 2 (2013), s. 985-989. ISSN 0888-5885
Institutional support: RVO:67985858
Keywords : ion exchangers * catalyst * deactivation
Subject RIV: CC - Organic Chemistry
Impact factor: 2.235, year: 2013

This study involved the investigation of morphological changes in ion exchanger catalysts after more than 12 years in an industrial reactor for esterification of acrylic acid with methanol. The results showed that both desulfonation and de/crosslinking of the polymer was quite extensive. These changes were detected to a higher extent in test polymer samples located near the reactor input than in the sample obtained from main reactor charge, indicating that impurities in the reaction mixture, probably peroxidic compounds, could be responsible for the splitting of C−S and C−C bonds.
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