Properties of Mn0.4Zn0.6Fe2O4 and Mn0.6Zn0.4Fe2O4 as Nanocatalyst for Ammonia Production

Poppy Puspitasari*, Andoko Andoko, Heru Suryanto, Puput Risdanareni, Januarti Jaya Ekaputri

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Abstract

Ammonia synthesis requires high pressure and high temperature process. Unfortunately, the capital intensive cost resulting low yield of ammonia by using recent catalyst which is iron oxide. Therefore, manganese zinc ferrite as a soft ferrite material will be introduced as a new nanocatalyst to enhance the ammonia yield. As a new nanocatalyst for ammonia production, study of comparasion two different concentration of MnZn Ferrite is very important. This paper will compare the yield of ammonia by using two different nanocatalyst which are Mn0.4Zn0.6Fe2O4 and Mn0.6Zn0.4Fe2O4. Both were synthesized by sol-gel method and has been characterize by using FESEM (morphology), XRD (phase identification), EDX (elemental analysis) and TPR (oxide reduction). The ammonia was produce with and without magnetic field applied. The result shows that the ammonia yield is higher for Mn0.4Zn0.6Fe2O4 nanocatalyst than Mn0.6Zn0.4Fe2O4 by using magnetic field applied. 67.2% of yield has been achieved by using new nanocatalyst Mn0.6Zn0.4Fe2O4 and magnetic field applied at ambient environment.

Original languageEnglish
Article number01029
JournalMATEC Web of Conferences
Volume97
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Feb 2017
Event2016 Engineering Technology International Conference, ETIC 2016 - Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
Duration: 5 Aug 20166 Aug 2016

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