Permanent change of catalytic properties induced by microwave activation on 0.3% PtAl2O3 (EuroPt-3) and on 0.3% Pt-0.3% ReAl2O3 (EuroPt-4) Review Article

This paper describes the effect of microwaves on EuroPt-3 and EuroPt-4 catalysts which have been studied in a number of European laboratories affiliated with the council of Europeʹs research group on catalysis and are now well known standard catalysts. It presents the study of 2-methylpentane isomerization on these catalysts as a function of the heating mode. Microwaves change some of the catalytic properties. In the case of EuroPt-3 catalyst, a standard containing 0.95% chlorine, the isomer selectivity is increased by a factor 2 when the reaction is performed under an electromagnetic field. On EuroPt-4, a standard bimetallic catalyst, the distributions of the hexane products formed in the isomerization of 2-methylpentane are different when the reactions occur under the two heating modes.