Abstract
AbstractFluid catalytic cracking is a chemical conversion process of industrial scale. This process, utilizing porous catalysts composed of clay and zeolite, converts heavy crude‐oil fractions into transportation fuel and petrochemical feedstocks. Among other factors iron‐rich reactor and feedstream impurities cause these catalyst particles to permanently deactivate. Herein, we report tomographic X‐ray absorption spectroscopy measurements that reveal the presence of dissimilar iron impurities of specific localization within a single deactivated particle. Whereas the iron natural to clay in the composite seems to be unaffected by operation, exterior‐facing and feedstream‐introduced iron was found in two forms. Those being minute quantities of ferrous oxide, located near regions of increased porosity, and impurities rich in Fe3+, preferentially located in the outer dense part of the particle and suggested to contribute to the formation of an isolating amorphous silica alumina envelope.
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