Abstract:
Copper oxide Nanopartical supported on silica catalyst was synthesized
by chemical methods from sodium silicate in hydrochloric acid (11.8M)
and copper acetate sol-gel process. This method involves two steps, first
hydrolysis of copper acetate and condensation of copper hydroxide Cu
(OH).The catalysis and catalysis supported on silica were characterized
by Fourier transform- Infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction
(XRD) spectroscopy the results obtained were indicating that there was a
clear difference between copper oxide catalyst and copper oxide
supported on silica catalyst. Finally the comparison between two catalysts
were studied and the result obtained showed that the copper oxide nano
particles supported on silica catalyst was better than the copper oxide
nano particles without support.
