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Cobalt gets in shape

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Solid cobalt-based catalysts are used commercially to convert carbon monoxide and hydrogen into synthetic fuels. It emerges that much more valuable chemicals can be produced by using a different form of cobalt catalyst. See Letter p.84

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Figure 1: Reaction selectivity in the Fischer–Tropsch process.

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  1. Michael Claeys is at the Catalysis Institute and the DST/NRF Centre of Excellence in Catalysis (c*change), University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa.,

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