Research Article

Kinetics of NiO and NiCl2 Hydrogen Reduction as Precursors and Properties of Produced Ni/Al2O3 and Ni-Pd/Al2O3 Catalysts

Table 1

Reaction mechanisms and the corresponding equations.

EquationsReaction mechanism

One-dimensional diffusion
Two-dimensional diffusion (cylindrical symmetry)
Three-dimensional diffusion (spherical symmetry, Jander equation)
Three-dimensional diffusion (spherical symmetry, Ginstling-Braunshtein equation)
First-order reaction (unimolecular decay law)
Random nucleation (Avrami I equation)
Random nucleation (Avrami II equation)
Phase-boundary controlled (cylindrical symmetry)
Phase-boundary controlled (spherical symmetry)