Evaluation of calcined hydrocalumite-type materials as supports of CoMo and NiMo for thiophene hydrodesulfuration reaction

A hydrocalumite-type material (HC) was synthesized by the co-precipitation method, mixing Ca and Al nitrate solutions in a NaOH solution (pH ≅ 11). This solid was characterized by using different physico-chemical techniques such as: Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), temperature programmed reduction (TPR) and BET surface area measurements. Then, a portion of as-synthesized solid was calcined at 420 ºC (HC 420). Both calcined and pristine solids were impregnated with Mo (15% w/w as MoO3). Ni or Co was also impregnated on Mo/HC or Mo/HC 420 in 1(Co or Ni...