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BRUNET, BOUSSAND, AND MARTIN
Fluorine titration of chromium oxide was carried out at on oxide surfaces:
the Elf-Atochem Research Center, Pierre-B e´ nite. The cata-
lyst mineralization was carried out in a Parr bomb by reac-
tion with sodium peroxide. Fluorine ions were then titrated
by a potentiometric method with a specific fluoride elec-
trode.
(
a) Homoexchange (or equilibrium) that occurs without
appreciable participation of oxygen of the oxide (Eq. [1]),
18
16
18 16
O2(Gasꢀ + O2(Gasꢀ *) 2 O O(Gasꢀ.
[1]
This reaction occurs according to a mechanism of adsor-
ption–desorption. The rate of exchange of oxygen surface
species of the oxide is negligible. During this homoex-
change, the isotopic oxygen fraction in the gas phase is con-
stant. By using pure isotopic O2 this type of exchange can
not be observed initially.
3
. HF/O2 Exchange
Pulses of HF (or O2) were injected at 380 C at regular
�
intervals using a calibrated loop. The uptake of HF (or O2)
was measured by gas chromatography which detected the
fraction ofthe pulse unconsumed bythe catalyst. In a typical
experiment, pulses of HF (5.9 �mol) were injected every
18
(
b) Simple heteroexchange occurs with the participation
of the only one oxygen of the oxide (Eq. [2]),
5
min. Helium was used as the flowing gas and the mass of
catalyst was 50 mg.
1
8
O2(gasꢀ + O(supꢀ → O O(gasꢀ + 18O(supꢀ.
16
18 16
[2]
The uptake was considered as finished after 3 h. HF was
replaced by O2 and a similar series of injections was carried
out to measure the uptake of dioxygen. To distinguish be-
tween the reversible adsorbed and exchangeable HF or O2,
the procedure was modified, so that the reversible adsorbed
gas on the catalyst surface was swept over by a current of
helium for 3 h. A first adsorption of HF was carried out,
then the helium followed by a second adsorption of HF.
The difference between the two uptakes gave the amount
of reversibly adsorbed HF.
(
c) Multiple heteroexchange occurs with the participa-
tion of two oxygen atoms of the oxide at each step of Eq. [3],
18O2(gasꢀ
+
16
O O
16
*) 16O2(gasꢀ
+
18 18
O O
[3]
(supꢀ
(supꢀ
.
For this multiple exchange on oxide surfaces, there are
two possible mechanisms: isotopic exchange and “place ex-
change.” These two mechanisms differ by the oxygen sur-
face intermediates involved. The isotopic exchange mech-
anism occurs through an associative mechanism with a
four-atomic (O4) surface intermediate. By contrast, the
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4
. Isotopic Exchange of Oxygen
ads
“
place-exchange” mechanism occurs without requiring a
Isotopic exchange experiments were carried out in a re-
four-atom oxygen intermediate on the surface; this is just
a displacement of a preadsorbed molecule by a gas phase
molecule. This mechanism does not involve the scission of
any O–O bond.
cycle microreactor coupled to a mass spectrometer. The
masses 32, 34, 36 (for the isotopomers) were monitored ev-
ery 10 s. The vacuum connection to the mass spectrometer
was thermoregulated so as to maintain a constant pressure
�
6
of 10 mbar in the ionization chamber, while the total pres-
sure in the reactor was 40 bar for the isothermal isotopic ex-
change and 100 mbar for temperature programmed isotopic
exchange. For isothermal isotopic exchange (ISIE) and for
temperature programmed isotopic exchange (TPIE), the
0
e
Initial rate of exchange. The initial rate of exchange R
being equal to the rate of the disappearance of O from
the gas phase, it was possible therefore to determine R by
Eq. [4],
18
0
e
�
� �
�
2
0
0
oxide sample (5 m ) was submitted in situ to a pretreatment
NA
Vr
Vc
dP
dP
34
0
e
36
�
�
R = �
+
2
+
dt
,
[4]
at 300 C under vacuum pretreatment at 300 C for 30 min,
and cooled down to room temperature under vacuum. A
S �R Tr
Tc
dt
18
0
0
34
1
00-mbar dose of pure O2 was then introduced into the where dP /dt and dP /dt are the initial slopes of the par-
3
6
�
18
16 18
reactor and the temperature increased from 25 to 500 C at tial pressures of O and O O and N is the Avogadro
2
A
�
2
C/min for temperature programmed isotopic exchange number, P is the total pressure, S is the oxide BET area
T
�
� 2
or at constant temperature (380 C) for 2 h for isothermal (m ), R is the gas constant, V and V respectively are
r
c
isotopic exchange. The temperature programmed isotopic the volumes of the heated and unheated zones of the reac-
exchange determines the range of exchange temperature.
tor, and T and T respectively are the temperatures of the
r
c
1
8
The pressure variation of oxygen isotopomers P36 ( O2), heated and unheated zones of the reactor.
1
8
16
16
P34 ( O O), and P32 ( O2) were then recorded every 10 s.
The total pressure (P36 + P34 + P32) remained virtually con-
stant. The number of exchangeable oxygen atoms (Ne) and
Number of exchanged oxygen. The number of oxygen
atoms exchanged at each time N is given by Eq. [5] at each
temperature and calculated after the
t
e
0
e
the initial rate of exchange (R ) were able to be calculated
�
�
t
e
0
g
t
g
from the partial pressure values (15).
N = � � � N ,
[5]
g
According to the literature (16, 22) three types of ex-
0
g
change, described by the following equations could occur where (� ) is the initial atomic fraction of isotopic oxygen