Journal of Materials Science and Engineering with Advanced TechnologyAuthor's: Juan F. Gonzalez, Liliana Giraldo and J. C. Moreno-Piraján
Pages: [45] - [58]
Received Date: November 16, 2009
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The catalytic synthesis of fatty alcohols from oil palm over activated carbons (ACs)/Cu prepared by electroless copper plating has been studied. It is found that copper content on carbon surfaces increased with increasing plating time. However, a slightly gradual decrease of adsorption properties as electroless plating time increases, including specific surface areas and total micropore volumes based on D-R and t-plot approaches, is observed within the range of well developed micropore structures. The experimental results showed that, the net heat of adsorption or BET’s C of the ACM/Cu samples is largely influenced by the amount of copper metal. Consequently, the catalytic ability of ACM/Cu samples for synthesized is dependent on the copper content, adsorption properties of the specimens, and the reaction time on stream.
ACM/Cu catalyst, electroless copper plating, fatty alcohols, surface properties, adsorption properties, oil palm.
