New Data on the Ability of Alumina–Platinum Systems to Catalyze the Methane Aromatization Reaction under Nonoxidizing Conditions

The state and size of the metal on the surface of aluminum oxide and the acidic properties of the support depending on the concentration of supported platinum were studied in this work. The effect of the Pt content of the alumina–platinum catalyst on the activation (chemisorption) of methane was investigated, and the composition of hydrocarbon fragments formed in this case was calculated. The sample most active in a reaction of the joint conversion of methane with n-pentane, which was performed for the production of aromatic hydrocarbons under nonoxidizing conditions, was established. The effect of the temperature of n-pentane supply to the reaction atmosphere was studied for the 0.6%Pt/Al2O3 catalyst. The degree of enrichment of the resulting aromatic hydrocarbons and the quantity of incorporated methane activated on the catalyst surface were determined with the use of isotope mass spectrometry.