Ethylene to Ethane Catalyst Kinetics

Ethylene hydrogenation is a catalyst kinetics experiment that converts ethylene (C2H4) into ethane (C2H6). It is often used as a model reduction reaction for testing new metal catalysts. In this study, supported nickel is used. It is not the most active catalyst for this reaction, but it works well enough for the reaction to...

Catalysts are materials that are added to reaction systems to increase the rate of reaction. Because catalysts are not consumed in the reaction, they are utilized in many industrial-scale processes. Catalysts increase reaction rate by providing an alternative mechanistic pathway with a lower activation energy, which is the minimum energy require...