Research Article

Characteristics of Polyaniline Cobalt Supported Catalysts for Epoxidation Reactions

Table 2

Comparing results obtained from AAS analysis and semiquantitative chemical analysis obtained from X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.

SampleXPS (surface)AAS (bulk) Co/N
CNCoClO

1548.6810.730.0000
159A13.3211.510.0039
167A7.0110.0170.240.450.01750.98
167B8.3510.0310.250.860.01621.89
168A9.9310.2221.021.180.08892.50
168B9.7410.2691.480.920.10652.52
169A8.5410.0270.870.01052.46
169B9.2810.970.0153
170A10.0911.030.0146
170B11.1310.0181.510.0097

The content of the individual atoms both XPS and AAS measurements were normalized to nitrogen.