Zirconium Combined With Silicon Nitride (IMAGE)

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Zirconium Combined With Silicon Nitride

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Zirconium (larger burnt orange atom), combined with silicon nitride (blue and gray atoms), enhances the transformation of propane into propylene in a way that's faster and uses less energy than more traditional means.

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(Image by David Kaphan, Max Delferro and Yu Lim Kim/Argonne National Laboratory.)

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