Control of methanol oxidation by ionic behavior in supercritical water.
In supercritical water the rate of methanol oxidation was controlled by ionic behavior as follows: the oxidation rate of methanol decreased with increasing proton and hydroxide ion concentration, possibly due to stabilization of the reactant, while that of CO was suppressed by added protons and enhanced by added hydroxide ions.
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Research Center of Supercritical Fluid Technology, Tohoku University, 07 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8579, Japan.
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