Adiabatic Calorimetric Studies of the Adsorption of Sulfur Dioxide at 423 °K on Heat-treated Magnesias Characterized by Electron Microscopy
Calorimetric heats of adsorption of sulfur dioxide at surface coverages from 0.2 to 7.7 μmol m−2 have been measured on a series of magnesias heat-treated at 600, 700, and 800 °C. Structural features of the adsorbents have been characterized by analysis of nitrogen adsorption–desorption isotherms and by transmission electron microscopy.Heats of adsorption at 423 °K for adsorbed amounts of 0.3 μmol m−2 were respectively, 86.0, 87.0, and 77.0 kcal mol−1 for the 600, 700, and 800 °C samples. The values for the 600 and 700 °C samples fell rapidly above a coverage of 2.0 μmol m−2 to around 44.0 kcal mol−1 at 5.0 to 7.0 μmol m−2, while the values for the 800 °C sample decreased continuously to 39.0 kcal mol−1 at the same coverage.Crystallite shapes tended increasingly towards the cubic form as the temperature of heat-treatment was increased and average particle sizes were 80, 240, and 320 Å for the 600, 700, and 800 °C samples, respectively.It is proposed that the very high heats obtained on all the samples are due to interactions with high-energy defect centers in the oxide and with the formation of magnesium sulfite initially, and magnesium sulfate towards monolayer completion.