© 2019 Elsevier B.V. The purpose of this paper is to identify the phase inhomogeneity, undetectable by X-ray method, and the reason for its occurrence in the composition of aluminum oxide. It is shown that even a trace ...

It was shown for the first time that amorphous phase in an alumina support promotes the formation of palladium particles in a wide size range. This catalyst has a low selectivity to butenes in the 1,3-butadiene hydrogenation. ...