Abstract
Samples of both the often investigated rhodium(III)-zeolite Y and the seldom investigated rhodium(III)-zeolite A were prepared and studied by techniques of electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis (ESCA) both in the originally exchanged condition and after activation to the state in which they would be employed in a catalytic capacity. The ESCA data agree with previously reported ESR data which indicated that Rh(III) may be thermally reduced to Rh metal in the zeolite Y lattice, and that this reduction takes place under much milder conditions than comparable reduction of any other metal previously reported. Contrarily, the ESCA data indicated that Rh(III) was not reduced on the zeolite A, and this lack of reduction may be the explanation for the poor catalytic effect of Rh(III) supported on zeolite A. It is postulated that the metallic Rh produced by the activation of Rh(III)-exchanged zeolite Y and not the Rh(III) species is the true catalytic species in the so-called Rh(III)-zeolite catalysts. (BLM)
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