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The hydrogenation mechanism of acetylene–ethylene mixtures on Pd catalysts under different experimental conditions was studied by employing a time-dependent Monte Carlo approach set to use a fixed series of event probabilities. The dependence of the catalyst activity and selectivity on the sizes of the metal particles was simulated at microscopic level and the results, also refined by fitting procedures, suggested proper explanations for the apparent nonuniformity of the related experimental findings. The use of the steric hindrance parameter of the surface species and the available surface energy on the metallic catalyst sites was decisive for reproducing the experimental results.
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Received: 16 September 1999 / Accepted: 3 February 2000 / Published online: 2 May 2000
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Duca, D., Varga, Z., La Manna, G. et al. Hydrogenation of acetylene–ethylene mixtures on Pd catalysts: study of the surface mechanism by computational approaches. Metal dispersion and catalytic activity. Theor Chem Acc 104, 302–311 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002140000123
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002140000123