Controlling Methane Combustion to Get Different Products (IMAGE)

Georgia Institute of Technology

Controlling Methane Combustion to Get Different Products

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This diagram shows how catalysts of two gold atoms can help convert methane into ethylene at room temperature (shown in red) and into formaldehyde at lower temperatures (shown in blue).

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Uzi Landman

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