Selective Fischer–Tropsch synthesis of hydrocarbons over ruthenium supported on silica having a very sharp pore size distribution in the micropore region

Abstract

Ruthenium supported on silica having a pore diameter less than 20 Å and a very sharp pore size distrubution, exhibits a non-Schulz–Flory plot and a sudden drop of chain growth probability after C₉; thus, the small pore size and sharp pore size distribution of the silica in the catalyst is capable of limiting chain growth.