Abstract

The effect of the precipitation agent on the structure and textural properties of CrPO4 (Cr/P=1) catalysts has been studied. Catalysts obtained in propylene oxide-aqueous ammonia exhibited higher thermal stability and, hence, greater surface areas and pore volumes than catalysts obtained in propylene oxide or aqueous ammonia exclusively. The former also showed a small surface area decrease on increasing calcination temperature up to 1073 K. Nevertheless, calcination at 1273 K develops in all cases crystalline CrPO4, showing the β-structure. Moreover, CrPO4 catalysts thermally treated below 1273 K only exhibited hydrogen bonded hydroxy groups $$(\nu _{{\rm O} - {\rm H}} \simeq 3450 cm^{ - 1} )$$ .

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