文摘
The oxidation of methane on POB>4-deficient barium hydroxyapatite (BaHAp) has beeninvestigated in the presence and absence of tetrachloromethane (TCM). In the absence of TCM,the principal product was CO2 with less than 20% selectivity to partial oxidation and oxidative-coupling products. On introduction of a small partial pressure of TCM to the feedstream andwith higher times-on-stream, the formation of CO2 was virtually eliminated while CO and theC2 hydrocarbon became the dominant products. The observations with TCM can be attributed tothe chlorination of the catalyst and, in particular, the formation of the corresponding chlorapatite.