Kinetics for Beckmann rearrangement of cyclohexanone oxime over silicalite-1 was studied.
A special reactor was designed to obtain uniform reactants and sustain reaction temperature.
Dependence of deactivation rate on weight hourly space velocity was investigated.
The kinetics was studied by combining the differential and the integral methods.
Reaction mechanism was determined with the assistance of in situ FT-IR and poisoning experiments.