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Catalysis - OverviewIntroduction to Gold Catalysts
Gold as a Catalyst
Gold on titanium dioxide support. Courtesy of AIST, Japan
The following reactions have now been shown to be effectively catalysed by supported gold catalysts:
The use of gold as a catalyst requires careful and unconventional preparation of the gold metal, centred on achieving a very small gold particle size.
Commercial ApplicationsGold is set to take its place alongside the other precious metals (platinum group metals and silver) as a key catalyst in a range of industrial processes and uses. Gold alloy catalysts are already used in the commercial production of vinyl acetate monomer (VAM). Project AuTEK in South Africa is one of the leading organisations seeking to commercialise important new catalytic applications for gold. |
![]() The blog that crosses the boundaries between research and the industrial application of gold technology ACS Fall meeting25 Aug, 2010 Inbetween meetings yesterday I managed to attend a few lectures here in (an extremely rainy!) Boston. Vince Rotello of UMass and Richard Lambert of Cambridge delivered the 2010 Langmuir lectures, both of which were excellent. Other interesting talks included Jin Zhang of UC Santa Cruz discussing his group’s work in the field of solar cell [...] |