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The influence of pH on the nano Au/Y catalyst activity for CO oxidation

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A series of Au catalysts have been prepared at different pH using the Y-zeolites as support and the activity for CO oxidation has been tested. The results showed that the highest Au loading was obtained at pH = 6 and this catalyst demonstrated the highest activity.

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This study is financially supported by Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University (NCET-06-0268), Natural Science Foundation of Inner Mongolia (200508010203), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (20663004).

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    Lili Wang, Meilin Jia & Bao Zhaorigetu

  2. College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, 01002, China

    Yuenian Shen

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Wang, L., Shen, Y., Jia, M. et al. The influence of pH on the nano Au/Y catalyst activity for CO oxidation. React Kinet Catal Lett 97, 125–130 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11144-009-0011-7

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