Spineli Catalysts for the Catalitic Combustion of Toluen

Abstract

Three spinels catalysts with copper were synthetized: Cr2CuO4, Fe2CuO4 and (Fe,Cr)2CuO4 using the coprecipitation method, with a tartrate precursor type. The catalysts were characterized by atomic absorption spectrometry, X-ray diffraction spectrometry and IR and UV-Vis spectroscopy. The three catalysts were tested in toluene oxidation reaction and theirs performances were assessed by carbon dioxide amounts resulted from reactions.