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WE have been investigating the catalytic hydrogenolysis of hydrocarbons on metals, and in particular the hydrogenolysis of ethane on the metals of group VIII of the periodic table and on rhenium and the group IB metals1–5. Further investigations on molybdenum catalysts showed that hydrogenolysis proceeded readily only at temperatures high enough to cause carbiding of the molybdenum—about 375°−400°C. Moreover, the rate of ethane hydrogenolysis increased progressively with carbiding of the molybdenum. The nature of the effect is described in this communication.
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SINFELT, J., YATES, D. Effect of Carbiding on the Hydrogenolysis Activity of Molybdenum. Nature Physical Science 229, 27–28 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/physci229027b0
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