Research Article

A Comparative Study of Solvothermal and Sol-Gel-Derived Nanocrystalline Alumina Catalysts for Ethanol Dehydration

Table 2

NH3-TPD results of different alumina catalysts.

CatalystNumber of acid sites (mol NH3/g catalyst)
Weak to moderateStrongWeak/strongTotal

Al-SV3604410.82801
Al-SG2353860.61621
Al-com2564420.58698